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Jim Nussle: “We believe that we need to continue to control that spending in the outyears as well. We also believe, and that is the…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2003
We believe that we need to continue to control that spending in the outyears as well. We also believe, and that is the reason why the budget was presented the way it was, that the President had some areas where we could control. This was true with President Clinton, President Reagan, President Bush, with all of them. Congress is responsible for controlling spending under Article I of the Constitution. We like to blame the fellow down the street, but, more often than not, it is the people that we look at every day in the mirror that can do the best job at controlling spending. As I say, I compliment the gentleman and my friends for putting together a budget. We respectfully disagree with that budget for the reasons that I state.
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Jim Nussle
Iowa
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Discussing budget control and spending responsibilities during a House floor debate.

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