The bill is not perfect. I've never said it was perfect. Nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect. But what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end this crisis in a bipartisan way, to send it to the Senate where it can receive action.
John Boehner discusses the imperfections of the debt reduction bill while emphasizing the bipartisan effort behind it.
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