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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
We wish we could have had it before the President pushed through an $800 billion stimulus package that many of us believed was ill advised.
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Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Wittman criticizes the timing of the stimulus package in relation to deficit reduction talks.

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