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Rand Paul: “We have the Boehner proposal on the table. It will cut next year $1 billion. We are spending $1 billion an hour…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2011
We have the Boehner proposal on the table. It will cut next year $1 billion. We are spending $1 billion an hour virtually. That is insignificant and not meaningful reform.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Paul criticizes the Boehner proposal as inadequate in addressing the spending crisis.

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