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On the recordMarch 22, 2013
They want to know if we are going to balance the budget on the backs of disabled veterans. I hope very much we will not do that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Mar 22, 2013

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