Tom Lantos: “Mr. Reagan's new biography is already controversial because it is predicated on the insights of a fictional character.…”

“Mr. Reagan's new biography is already controversial because it is predicated on the insights of a fictional character. Well, we have just had a fictional representation of what happened to the American economy in recent years. It was in 1993--when without a single Republican vote in the House or in the Senate--we changed the course of this economy which is now resulting in huge budget surpluses. It is remarkable that a book that has not even been released already has such a major impact that my colleagues on the other side engage in a fictional representation of what happened to the American economy during the last 7 years. Our economic indices are at an all-time favorable position; low unemployment, low inflation, high productivity, and the Clinton-Gore administration was in charge.”