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Joe Barton: “I would agree with that in a fiduciary sense. No cooperation in America could utilize its assets and abuse its borrowing…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1995
I would agree with that in a fiduciary sense. No cooperation in America could utilize its assets and abuse its borrowing privileges like we have here in Washington the last 30 to 40 years.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Discussing fiscal responsibility and borrowing practices in Washington.

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