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Mike Simpson: “The biggest threat really is the deficit that we are facing.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
The biggest threat really is the deficit that we are facing.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Identifies the deficit as a major threat to the budget.

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