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Scott Rigell: “The President references in extremis point of deficits, and he says, 'I brought them down.' He doesn't go on to say…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
The President references in extremis point of deficits, and he says, 'I brought them down.' He doesn't go on to say, 'But they are still way too high.' That is what leadership is.
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Scott Rigell
Republican · Virginia

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Rigell criticizes the President for not acknowledging the ongoing high deficits.

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