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On the recordApril 17, 2012
It is simply not a time at which we can commit the taxpayer to additional mandatory spending commitments without thinking very hard about it.
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Lester Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Warning against additional taxpayer spending commitments due to budget strains.

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