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On the recordDecember 2, 2010
despite over a $13 trillion existing debt that we cannot pay back, the Democrats are back with another proposal to add another $13 billion to the deficit, add it to the growing deficit. This one is not even a new proposal, it is a proposal that was already rejected by 50 Senators, including 11 Members from across the aisle a number of months ago. If we are going to attempt to help those seniors, as has been mentioned by my colleague, we need to do it in a fiscally responsible way. I absolutely support helping the seniors who are having a hard time. I just propose we pay for it. That is why I offered the amendment to the proposal from the Senator from Rhode Island that would, in fact, just pay for it. It is as simple as that. I propose that instead of piling money, debt on top of our massive debt, what I have offered is an amendment that would authorize the Office of Management and Budget to cut an appropriate amount from other programs to help them find money to pay for this one.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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govinfo.gov
Dec 2, 2010

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The speaker addresses fiscal responsibility in relation to a proposal affecting seniors.

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