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On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
As I look at your budget and budgets, I guess, throughout the Federal Government now, I have to look at it not so much as I once did as what we want to do or what we should do, but what we are financially able to do.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

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DeMint discusses the need to prioritize financial capability in government budgeting.

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