04/12/2011
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"This is less a debate about taming the deficit, which we all agree we need to be doing, but it really is a question of priorities."
"This TIGER program is a jobs program. So, for all the talk of all Members of Congress who want to put people to work, this is the way to do it: Keep our commitments."
"The Congress continues to debate that budget as millions of families and communities across the country wait anxiously to learn the fate of programs they depend upon."
"Keeping enough balances in HTF has been an ongoing problem now for 3 years."