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DENNIS A. CARDOZA: “I reclaim my time. The point of my claim was the gentleman's amendment had failed because we have already instituted the…”

On the recordMay 9, 2007
I reclaim my time. The point of my claim was the gentleman's amendment had failed because we have already instituted the PAYGO rules in our rules of the House of Representatives, and we do that on a daily basis. When the gentleman's party was in power for a number of years, we saw the largest deficit increases in the history of our country, more foreign debt that they piled on to our Nation, and in fact, we are reversing the course that they set out in their prior control of Congress. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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DENNIS A. CARDOZA
California

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Discussing the failure of an amendment and the implementation of PAYGO rules.

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