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On the recordDecember 15, 2010
I rise to support the amendment offered by my good friend from Oklahoma. America is today at a crossroads--a crossroads where we have the opportunity as policymakers to go in the direction that the people of America said we should go in on November 2 or to have the opportunity to go down the road of continuing to spend money by this body and the body across the Capitol, without paying for the money we are spending. These amendments are pretty simple and straightforward. What they say is that we as policymakers have an obligation to listen to the people who sent us here, listen to the people who said, by golly, we don't like the way you are running the financial resources that we send to Washington. And here we are, the minority leader, Senator McConnell just sat down from saying and talking about an omnibus bill that goes in the wrong direction--a direction that is totally opposite of what the people of America said they wanted on November 2.
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Saxby Chambliss
Republican · Georgia

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Chambliss discusses the need for fiscal responsibility and listening to the American people's wishes regarding spending.

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