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David Vitter: “Not if it increases the deficit and debt $108 billion a year. No, sir, I am not. And the American people are not. And…”

On the recordApril 14, 2010
Not if it increases the deficit and debt $108 billion a year. No, sir, I am not. And the American people are not. And the American people are getting fed up with it.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana
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govinfo.gov
Apr 14, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is expressing opposition to a proposal that would increase the national deficit.

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