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On the recordOctober 30, 2007
I want a balanced budget. I worked for a balanced budget. I called for a balanced budget upon my arrival in this Congress 5 years ago. I've sought to produce those numbers and get that language out on the floor. My Blue Dog friends also call for a balanced budget, but they're willing to raise the taxes. And they have offered several budgets to this Congress that would have raised taxes in order to balance this budget. I would submit that we need to balance the budget a different way. We need to do it by controlling spending.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing budget priorities and the need for a balanced budget during a House floor speech.

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