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Chris Van Hollen: Just to be clear in terms of the Democratic proposals, if you take our budget proposal here together with the work that…

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
Just to be clear in terms of the Democratic proposals, if you take our budget proposal here together with the work that we have done over the last couple of years, which reduces spending by over $1.5 trillion, $700 billion in revenue, take that all together, means $4 trillion in deficit reduction over that amount, over the period of the window, and we do it in a balanced way. We don't do it the same time we are providing windfall tax breaks to folks at the very top. We don't do it on the backs of other important priorities. We do it by growing the economy and asking for shared responsibility, so we have shared prosperity in this country. I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Georgia, a member of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Johnson.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 19, 2013

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