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Tim Kaine: “I kind of feel like I am in a schizophrenic world in the Senate because I go to Budget Committee meetings where a…”

On the recordApril 16, 2013
I kind of feel like I am in a schizophrenic world in the Senate because I go to Budget Committee meetings where a primary message is we are not cutting enough spending, and I go to Armed Services Committee meetings where a primary message is that the cuts that are being made or being proposed are too severe.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine comments on conflicting budget priorities between Senate committees.

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