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On the recordDecember 15, 2009
Yet, the President says, we are going to have fiscal discipline. Members of Congress say, we are going to have fiscal discipline. Our question is when?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Questioning the commitment to fiscal discipline amidst increased spending.

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