12/05/2017
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"Why are we providing money to them? Actually, why are we borrowing money from them in order to give it back to them?"
"We have $5 trillion more in debt right now than we had 3 years ago, $5 trillion. Unless that is dealt with, our economy will collapse."
"I am sorry. I love my colleagues who have such great hearts that they want to help autistic children in Africa and elsewhere, but you are going to have to convince me of why it is necessary to borrow ..."
"We will miss Don Payne. And I will miss his aggressive refutations of the points that I make, as he always did so as a fine gentleman."