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On the recordMarch 7, 2012
We have the moral authority now to tell every government agency... to cut their budgets by 11.4 percent.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

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Gohmert claims Congress has the authority to enforce budget cuts across federal agencies.

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