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Henry Cuellar: “I think it's my responsibility to read the amendments. And of course, we got the CBO today which gave us some promising…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
I think it's my responsibility to read the amendments. And of course, we got the CBO today which gave us some promising numbers as to the cost of the bill itself and how much it's going to reduce the deficit in the next ten year, $138 billion.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas

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Cuellar emphasizes the importance of reviewing the amendments and mentions the positive CBO report regarding the bill's cost and deficit reduction.

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