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On the recordMarch 15, 2016
This is not simple stuff--and I get that a lot of people are not engaged in this--but it matters because it involves billions of Federal tax dollars.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford emphasizes the complexity and importance of fiscal responsibility.

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