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Pete Stark: “However, the budget before us is not one of which either of those gentlemen would be proud. Rather than leading us down…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2002
However, the budget before us is not one of which either of those gentlemen would be proud. Rather than leading us down an economic path of balanced growth and full employment, the budget before us today is nothing more than a political document seeking to hide the fact that the House Republicans' fiscal irresponsibility has led us into deficit spending for years to come, and endangers the future of Medicare, Social Security, and our children's education because the trust funds for the two programs for the elderly are used to finance the misplaced priorities of the Republican Party and their fat cat contributors, and the Leave No Child Behind Act has not been left with enough money for a bus ticket to bring the children along.
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Pete Stark
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Discussing the budget and its implications for the economy and social programs.

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