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Pat Ryan: if we fritter this time away, if we don't deal with the core problem, which is spending no matter what you try to do on…

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
if we fritter this time away, if we don't deal with the core problem, which is spending no matter what you try to do on revenues, then we will have lost this opportunity we have to get our fiscal house in order while we have low interest rates.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Emphasizing the need to address spending to maintain fiscal stability.

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