03/14/2011
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"That level of debt was not sustainable then and it is not sustainable today."
"Our Nation's debt stands at $14 trillion."
"If we ever go back in a future Congress and say we are going to restore earmarks in the appropriations process, maybe we could do this: Put a cap like some percentage of revenues that earmarks cannot ..."
"I would not have favored that, and I described it before you got here as giving the President--like putting a bazooka under the President's desk."