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Ed Markey: The way President Obama has viewed his term of office is that he has tried to look at areas where there could be a…

On the recordApril 5, 2016
The way President Obama has viewed his term of office is that he has tried to look at areas where there could be a pruning in the Federal budget, but at the same time, there has to be an investment strategy in health care, in education, in infrastructure, in the future.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the need for investment alongside budget cuts to compete globally.

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