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Susan Collins: “The thing I fear is discretionary spending, while it is very important and we need to constrain it, is a small part of…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2010
The thing I fear is discretionary spending, while it is very important and we need to constrain it, is a small part of the total problem.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins expresses concern about focusing solely on discretionary spending.

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