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Rick Allen: “That will help us with our mandatory spending problem, it will reduce that, which would lead to balancing this budget.”

On the recordMay 16, 2016
That will help us with our mandatory spending problem, it will reduce that, which would lead to balancing this budget.
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Rick Allen
Republican · Georgia

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Allen discusses the importance of economic growth in addressing mandatory spending issues.

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