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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
Can we solve the problem, the serious, serious problem of the debt this country is in...
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Kaptur questions the effectiveness of only cutting non-defense discretionary spending to address national debt.

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