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Gerry Connolly: “We are at 24 percent of GDP as a percentage in terms of federal spending; that is too high, it needs to come down.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
We are at 24 percent of GDP as a percentage in terms of federal spending; that is too high, it needs to come down.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly critiques current federal spending levels relative to GDP.

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