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On the recordApril 10, 2013
Can you explain to me--I want to be in a learning mode just like my friend from Ohio. Can you explain to me and the folks around the country why it is so important for families to balance their checkbook, balance their budget--they didn't see a deficit, you know, an emergency ahead, but they lost their homes--but the Federal Government doesn't have to balance their budget, they can continue to spend, and you don't see an emergency down the road with the deficit?
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Dave Reichert
Republican · Washington
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Reichert questions why families must balance budgets but the government does not.

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