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W. Todd Akin: “One of the things we always used to say, and to me, at least, it paints kind of a picture... we're passing them this…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2011
One of the things we always used to say, and to me, at least, it paints kind of a picture... we're passing them this tremendous debt. And we're the first generation that's really passing a worse America off to our kids than what we had before.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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govinfo.gov
Feb 10, 2011

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The speaker reflects on the responsibility to leave a better future for the next generation.

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