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On the recordJuly 21, 2011
On countless occasions throughout the State of Utah, I have articulated the fact that I believe we have no business raising the debt limit without first adopting permanent structural change in the form of a constitutional balanced budget amendment. The people of Utah elected me in part based on that promise. Elections have consequences, and in my case this was one of them.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Jul 21, 2011

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