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" When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business. "

Gary Herbert

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" There's no reason why fiscal responsibility is a Democrat or a Republican point of view. It ought to be all of our points of view. "

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