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On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
The problem that I have with some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle is they talk a really big game about the debt and the deficit.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Criticism of colleagues' inaction on tax expenditures despite concerns about debt.

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