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W. Todd Akin: It is a treat to be able to join you and my colleagues today, and at the beginning of a new year, take on a subject that…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2011
It is a treat to be able to join you and my colleagues today, and at the beginning of a new year, take on a subject that we have been aware of and increasingly conscious of, the problems relative to our economy, to jobs, but particularly to the Federal Government and its voracious appetite to overspend. [...] the difference between the two is more than $1 trillion.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Jan 20, 2011

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The speaker addresses the federal government's overspending and budget deficit.

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