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Kendrick Meek: Mr. Ryan, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, it takes $53 to fill up an F-10 pickup truck. I mean, we have folks that are doing this…

On the recordMay 10, 2006
Mr. Ryan, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, it takes $53 to fill up an F-10 pickup truck. I mean, we have folks that are doing this on the credit card, Mr. Speaker, and guess what, after a couple of months of that, $50-some-odd, some folks' average balance that they have is $1,200 on a credit card. Soon they are not going to be able to do that, and they are going to be in the same situation this country is in, in debt.
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