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Jon Tester: My last point would be this. If we are going to get the debt and deficit under control, one of the things we have to do…

On the recordOctober 7, 2013
My last point would be this. If we are going to get the debt and deficit under control, one of the things we have to do is grow the economy. By stopping government with this continuing resolution, by talking, simply talking about increasing the debt limit, it does not do good things for our economy. In fact, it takes it in the wrong direction. We see businesses contract when they see what is going on here in Washington. It is time to start using some common sense. There are folks who claim to be business representatives out there. I talked to a bunch of businesses this afternoon.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana
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Oct 7, 2013

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