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Pete Sessions: “That is a stunning thing. You can talk about raising taxes on American workers, on families, on small businesses and on…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011
That is a stunning thing. You can talk about raising taxes on American workers, on families, on small businesses and on the wealthy and investors all you want, but this talk is easy. It ignores the root causes of the deficit and debt problem here in Washington: out-of- control spending. It may sound like a cliche to the American people that Republicans are always talking about out-of-control spending. We wish it were a joke, but sadly, it is true.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Jul 20, 2011

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