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On the recordJuly 28, 2011
Seventy-four times. I appreciate the chairman for correcting me. Seventy-four times that America's ATM card has been stuck in, no funds to withdraw, and yet cash has been dispensed. And not once, I'm told by my friend from New York, not once have we ever tied any spending decisions to increasing America's credit line. That's outrageous. That's outrageous. But today we do. Today we do. Today we say the buck stops with the 112th Congress. The buck stops with us. {time} 1250
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Rob Woodall
Georgia

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