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Pete Sessions: As a matter of fact, I think the gentleman from Massachusetts is right. Much of what this President does propose and in…

On the recordDecember 8, 2010
As a matter of fact, I think the gentleman from Massachusetts is right. Much of what this President does propose and in these last two Congresses what they proposed, Republicans have objected to them, and it is for a simple reason: We don't want to support the things that don't work. We want to support the things that will help the American people not only to have a better economy and to take care of themselves, but we are not for growing the size of the Federal Government that is in our lives now, a food safety bill that will do what I believe is quite the reverse but will be expensive and will come at the cost of consumers bettering their ability to have a safe food chain.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Dec 8, 2010

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The speaker discusses Republican opposition to proposed legislation and its impact on the economy and government size.

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