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On the recordAugust 3, 2010
With a large deficit that is the fault of everybody in Congress the last 20 years, not one Administration or not one President and not one party, what are we going to do together to solve the problems to get our country out of the hole we are in?
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Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Senator Coburn emphasizes collective responsibility for the deficit.

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