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On the recordMay 21, 2013
Can we have a commitment from you... to target waste, fraud, and abuse, to target redundancy, to target ways to trim the fat and tighten the belt?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz seeks assurance on targeting inefficiencies in budget cuts.

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