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Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003."
