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On the recordApril 12, 2011
we have a Government that is collecting $2.2 trillion and spending $3.7 trillion, we have a lot of tough decisions to make.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander highlights the budgetary challenges facing the government.

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