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Jack Kingston: today I submit the latest ``Say what, Mr. President?'' and the credit goes to Clinton appointee Richard Rominger who…

On the recordJune 19, 1996
today I submit the latest ``Say what, Mr. President?'' and the credit goes to Clinton appointee Richard Rominger who last night proclaimed to the Georgia Farm Bureau that, and I quote, ``During this administration, the national debt has fallen $15,000 per family of four.'' ``How so?'' asks our numbers-crunching colleague, Mac Collins, because the national debt has risen steadily during this administration. ``Well,'' answered a shameless Rominger, ``the annual deficit had been rising and since it is not rising as much, the $15,000 represents the additional amount saved had it kept rising.'' Let me put that in English. I weigh 170 pounds. I have never weighed 190 pounds. But according to Clintonomics, I lost 20 pounds if I add up all the sundaes and desserts that I have said ``no'' to. Ladies and gentlemen, that is Clintonomics. It is like an Oliver Stone movie--it is exciting, it is entertaining, but it is not based on reality.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Criticizing claims about the national debt during a speech on the House floor.

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