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Kendrick Meek: “That is correct. Right now we are experiencing the highest deficit in the history of the republic. And you would assume…”

On the recordJune 14, 2004
That is correct. Right now we are experiencing the highest deficit in the history of the republic. And you would assume that if we have the highest deficit and it was Democrats that balanced the budget. I just want to remind the American people of that in this Congress, it was not the Republicans, it was not the Republican President. It was the Democrats in this House that balanced the budget. Just 3 rac{1}{2} years ago, the discussion was on the floor on what are we going to do with the surplus. Now the discussion is, can I take my credit card out? This is a big number.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the historical budget deficit and the role of Democrats in balancing the budget.

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