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On the recordMarch 1, 2010
We must get our debt problems under control, and there is no better time thank now. That is why I have been down here demanding that this bill be paid for. I support the programs in the bill we are discussing. And, if the extension of those programs were paid for, I would gladly support the bill.
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Jim Bunning
Republican · Kentucky

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Senator Bunning explains his stance on the need for the bill to be paid for to address debt issues.

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