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Kendrick Meek: Really quick, because we are going to rapid fire here because we only have a few minutes left. I just want to quickly…

On the recordApril 4, 2006
Really quick, because we are going to rapid fire here because we only have a few minutes left. I just want to quickly again, you have seen this, this will be in the National Archives one day because we talk about this time and time again. Let me, Mr. Speaker, move this education plan that Democrats have and this prescription drug plan so the Members can see this chart here. I think it is important. This $1.05 trillion that the President has accumulated with the Republican Congress in just 4 years versus the 42 presidents before this president and this Congress was only able to accumulate $1.01 trillion, and that is World War I, World War II, the Great Depression, you name it. You talk about the Democratic plan, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Ryan, the bottom line is that we have countries that are owning America right now, not because Americans went out and made bad decisions; because this administration has made bad decisions, and this Congress, the rubber stamp Congress has allowed it to happen and has been doing this all along. All they have to do is be invited to a breakfast at the White House and it is like, ``Yes, sir, Mr. President. We will do exactly what we have to do. Not only will we do it, we will defend your wrong actions.''
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Kendrick Meek
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