Chris Van Hollen actually said...

Again, welcome, Mr. Secretary. Having participated in some of those rounds, my sense was they basically collapsed because of the fundamental issue that we are debating right here in this committee, which is whether or not to take a balanced approach to addressing our deficit and challenge.

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Van Hollen discusses the failure to reach a balanced budget agreement.

02/15/2012

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