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Jeff Fortenberry: We can continue to march ourselves down here and throw barbs and insults at one another while watching our meager…

On the recordOctober 4, 2013
We can continue to march ourselves down here and throw barbs and insults at one another while watching our meager approval rating fall from 10 percent to perhaps 5 percent. We can continue to do that. Or maybe we can re-frame this whole discussion and agree to something--that we should keep working steadily to get this government back running while also working on the right type of policy reform, tax reform, and spending reform that could restore America's greatness. Now, in the midst of this difficulty, and seemingly with no way out, this could actually be an historic moment. But it will take the House of Representatives and the President of the United States and the United States Senate talking to one another. That conversation must begin now. ____________________
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Jeff Fortenberry
Republican · Nebraska
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Oct 4, 2013

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