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Pete Sessions: Let's imagine a single mother who is teaching school with three children ages 17, 15, and 12 hoping to save money for…

On the recordJune 26, 1997
Let's imagine a single mother who is teaching school with three children ages 17, 15, and 12 hoping to save money for college and just getting by. The transmission breaks on the car, and there is a $400 bill. Who should decide who ought to spend that money? The Members of this body, or that mother?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing financial decision-making for families during a Senate debate.

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