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Steny Hoyer: “We are here because we missed, as I said, a great opportunity, a chance to pass now a truly balanced agreement that…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2011
We are here because we missed, as I said, a great opportunity, a chance to pass now a truly balanced agreement that relies on both spending cuts and revenue. We're not there, but I have said many times during the course of this debate that to govern is to compromise, not to sell out. Some people think on this floor that voting for a compromise is somehow a sellout. We cannot run America on that theory, and that is not what democracy is all about. I urge my colleagues to ensure that America, in fact, pays its bills.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Aug 1, 2011

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