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On the recordNovember 17, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I just want to say to my colleague from New York that I think the American people are beginning to realize that government spends money; it doesn't invest money. With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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