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Chris Christie: Nobody was asking about offsetting budget cuts in Joplin. And I don't want to hear the fact that offsetting budget cuts…

On the recordAugust 30, 2011
Nobody was asking about offsetting budget cuts in Joplin. And I don't want to hear the fact that offsetting budget cuts come first before New Jersey citizens are taken care of. So, you want to figure out budget cuts? That's fine. Turn it into that fiasco like the debt limit thing where they are fighting each other of eight or nine weeks and you expect the citizens of my state to wait. They're not going to wait. And I'm going to fight to make sure that they don't.
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Chris Christie
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Governor Christie criticizes the idea of offsetting budget cuts for disaster relief funding, emphasizing the urgency of aid for New Jersey citizens affected by flooding.

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