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Sam Graves: “If everyone pays a teeny little bit, which I think Americans are willing to do their fair share, I think we would come a…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
If everyone pays a teeny little bit, which I think Americans are willing to do their fair share, I think we would come a long way to fixing our country's problems.
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Sam Graves
Republican · Missouri

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Emphasizing collective responsibility to address the budget deficit.

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