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Jim McDermott: “I think that, you know, we have to look at what we have accomplished. We have reduced the deficit by half.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2014
I think that, you know, we have to look at what we have accomplished. We have reduced the deficit by half.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott highlights the reduction of the deficit and the need for bipartisan cooperation.

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