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On the recordMarch 16, 2011
I will speak for just a moment, if I could. I know people in Washington and people in America do not believe we can actually eliminate a program. We are getting ready to eliminate one now in a bipartisan fashion to cut funding and to cut a program that has not worked. I just want to underline that we most certainly can do that in a bipartisan way. That is what this vote is about. I do not believe there is any opposition, so I yield back the remaining time.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana
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Mar 16, 2011

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