03/07/2012
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"All of us on the Democratic side of the aisle--and I can tell you that the Democratic budget in the House of Representatives is a budget that is not perfect, but it is a budget that all of you would b..."
"We ran into a crisis a few years ago with the debt ceiling. You all remember the words 'debt ceiling'? That is how sequestration evolved."
"Well said. Thank you."
"As a country, we spend $4.7 trillion every year; $2.9 trillion of that is what we call entitlement spending."