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Rand Paul: “I think a great place to start cutting spending would be the $600 billion a year we spend on aid to State and local…”

On the recordJune 9, 2015
I think a great place to start cutting spending would be the $600 billion a year we spend on aid to State and local governments.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

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Rand Paul advocates for cutting government spending on state aid.

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