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Pete Olson: “If my family has to have a balanced budget, if my business has to have a balanced budget, if my local city government…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
If my family has to have a balanced budget, if my business has to have a balanced budget, if my local city government has to have a balanced budget, if my state government has to have a balanced budget, why in the heck does D.C. not have to have a balanced budget?
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Pete Olson
Texas

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Olson questions why the federal government doesn't maintain a balanced budget like families and businesses do.

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