Alcee Hastings: “And are you saying that those tax increases that you voted against and I voted for did not cause this economy to boom?…”

“And are you saying that those tax increases that you voted against and I voted for did not cause this economy to boom? If we use that argument, my mom used to say something to me that was really interesting. She said, All you all do is go up there and say that the other people did it if it is bad, and if it is good, you did it. If you use the doctrine of relating back, then if Bush didn't cause the deficit and Clinton didn't cause the surplus, and former President Bush didn't cause anything, and Reagan caused the economy to take off, by that standard, George Washington did it. My goodness gracious, man. The 1990s were real.”