Thomas McClintock actually said...

"If higher and higher spending and bigger and bigger deficits and massive government stimulus spending was the root to prosperity, I would have thought that the George Bush administration would have en..."

"Those tax cuts won't pay for themselves, that they will add significantly to the deficit."

"In 1945, Harry Truman abolished the excess profits tax. He slashed Federal income tax rates."

"Mr. Van Hollen earlier today said that we must not jeopardize the full faith and credit of the United States Government, and we all agree with that."