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On the recordMarch 15, 2023
According to a letter Senator Wyden and I received yesterday from the Congressional Budget Office, the Republican promise to balance the budget in ten years... is, in a word, impossible.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Statement on the impracticality of Republican budget balancing promises.

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