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On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
There's not any money up here to give to anybody, really. We just have to borrow it from somebody's grandchildren.
Said by
Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander emphasizes the federal debt and the lack of funds for new spending.

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