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On the recordAugust 4, 2011
When the economy is only growing a point and a half, a lot of economists feel that this is not the right time to be finding fiscal restraint.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings highlights concerns about fiscal restraint during fragile economic growth.

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