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Rand Paul: I'm not really willing to discuss in it the framework that he's made up for himself. I mean, for goodness sakes, it was…

On the recordFebruary 18, 2013
I'm not really willing to discuss in it the framework that he's made up for himself. I mean, for goodness sakes, it was his proposal. He proposed the sequester. It was his idea. He signed it into law, and now he's going to tell us that, oh, it's all our fault?
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Paul defends against Obama's framing of the budget cuts, emphasizing that the sequester was originally Obama's proposal.

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