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Patricia Schroeder: “this debate, I think, for people at home is very frustrating, except I think the people are a lot smarter than those of…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
this debate, I think, for people at home is very frustrating, except I think the people are a lot smarter than those of us in the Chamber, and they see right through it. They know what is going on here. They see people saying, we are not going to pay our bills. Now, that has never happened. There have never been elected representatives that have come in and said, we are not going to pay our bills. That is not anything that anybody respects in America. Try that as a family. Furthermore, if you know you are just about to go into bankruptcy, you know you are just about to run up against that brick wall, you go on vacation for 3 weeks.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Addressing frustrations over fiscal responsibility during a debate.

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