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Kendrick Meek: “Well, you know, Mr. Ryan, I think the point needs to be made in such a way and I think the point needs to be made, and I…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2006
Well, you know, Mr. Ryan, I think the point needs to be made in such a way and I think the point needs to be made, and I asked for another chart to be made, so that you can have a chart and I can have a chart. We can talk about what is happening here. In all seriousness, I think it is important that when you look at the interest, you can almost, as it relates to the blue, invest in education three times what we are paying on the debt. When you look at homeland security, you got folks as well up here on the other side of the aisle talking about we have got to protect America. You have another chart. I wish you could pull that other chart out, because folks need to understand what we are talking about, because that is what we do here in the 30-something Working Group. We have third-party validators. That is the chart right there. I don't have one of those.
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Kendrick Meek
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