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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
My belief is that solving that problem with cuts while in a recession has been proven by experience to be a failed strategy.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse emphasizes the ineffectiveness of cutting during a recession for addressing long-term debt.

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