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Hal Rogers: “We have cut discretionary spending in the last 5 years by over $175 billion, and yet the debt continues to zoom.”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
We have cut discretionary spending in the last 5 years by over $175 billion, and yet the debt continues to zoom.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Rogers points out that despite spending cuts, debt levels are still rising.

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