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Tom Graves: “It is really up to us to embrace it or not embrace it, and as history has shown, we typically do not embrace reductions…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2019
It is really up to us to embrace it or not embrace it, and as history has shown, we typically do not embrace reductions in spending.
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Tom Graves
Georgia

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Graves reflects on Congress's history of rejecting spending cuts.

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