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Sean Duffy: “I did not necessarily run for Congress in 2010 to come here and raise the debt ceiling. I came here to reform the way we…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 2013
I did not necessarily run for Congress in 2010 to come here and raise the debt ceiling. I came here to reform the way we spend, reform the way our government works.
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Sean Duffy
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Duffy expresses his original intent to reform spending rather than just raise the debt ceiling.

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