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Cliff Stearns: I submit on this House floor that disrespect to democracy has been greatest with the $5 trillion debt, and what we need…

On the recordApril 15, 1996
I submit on this House floor that disrespect to democracy has been greatest with the $5 trillion debt, and what we need to do is bring that debt down. We have had so many taxes on this House floor with 40 years of Democrat rule that we have not had the opportunity to control this budget, and now we do with this great House joint resolution.
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Cliff Stearns
Florida

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Discussing the national debt and budget control during a House floor debate.

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