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Steny Hoyer: “Reclaiming my time, I did not say it was the largest cut that had ever been proposed in Congress. I said it is the…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2011
Reclaiming my time, I did not say it was the largest cut that had ever been proposed in Congress. I said it is the largest cut from one year to the other, from the previous year's spending. And it is $13.6 billion, I believe. Seventeen billion. My staffer, who's brilliant, much more brilliant than I am, reminds me that I am----
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 11, 2011

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