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Tom Tancredo: “It is discouraging to think about the fact that regardless of who happens to run this place, the Republicans or the…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2002
It is discouraging to think about the fact that regardless of who happens to run this place, the Republicans or the Democrats, it appears to me, anyway, as we look over the numbers over the last couple of decades, that it really hardly matters most of the time; that we are spending certainly more than we should and that our deficits are a result of our inability as a body, not as a party, but as a body, to control our appetites, to control the willingness, the desire, the need to respond to a plethora of programs and supporters of programs throughout the Nation that constantly demand more.
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Tom Tancredo
Colorado
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Discussing fiscal responsibility and government spending during a House floor speech.

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