Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 16, 2018
We're not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, 'You have no authority. You're not the president.' The president said'I said, 'Call him.' I said, 'I'm telling you, you're not getting the billion dollars.'
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Remarks made by Biden at a Council on Foreign Relations event in2018.

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