Thomas McClintock actually said...

"A year ago, we had one economist after another coming before this committee warning us that the federal government needs to get its finances in order in the next three to five years to avoid a fiscal ..."

"Perhaps the reason the ranking member does not remember those days as vividly is because they did not last very long, and those policies produced one of the great economic expansions in our nation's h..."

"We ought to look at ways in which we can do a better job."

"We have squandered enormous amounts of money and precious time proving that the policies of the 1970's do not work."