On the recordNovember 4, 2003
I can state that to be here this evening talking about this very issue is a heartbreaking thing for me, Mr. Speaker. I came here in 1993, shortly after the historic vote when they changed the course of the economy in this country with only Democratic votes to pass the economic recovery plan of then-President Bill Clinton. I was part of the Clinton administration. I know how hard it was to reduce spending, and we did reduce spending. And we continued to reduce spending until we had the budget in balance with the help of both of these gentlemen. I know how difficult it was to achieve that. We reduced the number of Federal employees by 20 percent. And it was a hard thing to do. And yet, the President now says, this current President, he comes in, he squanders the surplus, and he says: We are going to stay the course. We are going to keep doing what we have already done that has been such a disaster.
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