Marco Rubio said "We live in a time where everybody wants to balance the budget. But the only thing they are in favor of doing is cutting foreign aid." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 6, 2013

We live in a time where everybody wants to balance the budget. But the only thing they are in favor of doing is cutting foreign aid.

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Rubio highlights the contradiction in budget balancing and foreign aid cuts.

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