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Virginia Foxx: I will invite my colleague from Massachusetts, when he speaks again, to give us the citation for the study that he's…

On the recordJuly 14, 2010
I will invite my colleague from Massachusetts, when he speaks again, to give us the citation for the study that he's talking about that shows that this bill will save tens of millions of dollars. I have done a little research on it myself, and I will be talking about that study. But I would invite him to prove to the American people that this will save money. And I want to point out to him that he's poking fun at Republicans on recommending that we save money on signs, but what he was really doing is poking fun at the American people. It wasn't the Republicans on this side of the aisle who came up with this. It's the American people who voted on this, and the American people understand the biblical admonition, If you are a good steward of small things, you will be a good steward of big things. We should start where we can save money. And I agree with the people. This is a good place to start.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Jul 14, 2010

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The speaker challenges a colleague to provide evidence for claims about cost savings from a proposed bill.

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