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Kendrick Meek: And if we could, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, I am going to go through this, because it was really to drive home a point that…

On the recordApril 5, 2006
And if we could, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, I am going to go through this, because it was really to drive home a point that Mr. Ryan was making. And then Mr. Ryan was going to share that chart there, because I think these visual aids are needed at this particular time, because we have some Members that don't necessarily, I mean, I just don't want the American people to be hoodwinked. Some may say bamboozled. We say here in Washington, D.C., you know, to get the Potomac 2-step on folks saying they didn't quite understanding what they were doing while they were making history here in the United States of America of allowing these countries to own, Mr. Speaker, own a part of the American apple pie. I am just, once again, going to mention Japan. We stopped there. But I think we could move across the country, okay? I think we can. $692.8 billion. Japan has bought our debt. Again, this Republican Congress is saying we want to make tax cuts permanent to billionaires and we want to give subsidies to companies that come in number one in profits this year, and that is one industry, which is the oil industry. China, $249.8 billion. They bought up our debt. That means that they have given us money to spend in a way as though we are spending our own money. We owe them this money. America will be forever changed. But if you want to do away with allowing these countries to cover our States because of the debt that we owe them, then you can elect a Democratic Congress.…
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