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Paul Tonko: Well, Representative Sutton, you know, I hear people who listen and endorse our concepts, but they'll ask, well, how do…

On the recordOctober 25, 2011
Well, Representative Sutton, you know, I hear people who listen and endorse our concepts, but they'll ask, well, how do we afford these investments? Well, the work done here in the House on the floor, in the United States Senate is all about priorities. So it's establishing the right priorities. I have a bill that would cap well below the 700,000 that we now allow for contractors to this government, to have that reduced. We need to belt-tighten inefficiency, waste, fraud, outmoded programs. Go after it, but don't cut programs that serve the middle class and invest in job creation. Establish the right priorities. I know we are running out of time, so thank you for bringing us together on the House floor.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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Oct 25, 2011

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