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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
We are on a collision course with reality, and the reality is we cannot afford as a Nation all of the things that we are doing.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Highlighting the unsustainable nature of current national spending.

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