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Patty Murray: “If the goal of our budget plan is to strengthen the middle class and work towards broad-based economic growth, finding…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
If the goal of our budget plan is to strengthen the middle class and work towards broad-based economic growth, finding savings from unfair tax provisions is an opportunity to responsibly reduce our deficit and invest in our future.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray emphasizes the need for budget plans to support the middle class and reduce the deficit.

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