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On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
The President for political purposes refuses to look the American people in the eye and tell them the truth: that we are on an unsustainable fiscal path.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley criticizes the President for not addressing fiscal issues honestly.

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