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On the recordFebruary 24, 2016
So, actually, we are sitting on a $541,000,000,000 deficit, and we are--the administration comes in and says this is emergency funding.
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Andy Harris
Republican · Maryland

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Harris highlights the deficit while questioning the emergency funding request.

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