05/14/2008
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"Under the President's budget, non-defense discretionary spending would average 3.6 percent of GDP over the next decade."
"It defies both our basic values and economic common sense to deny any child in America the quality education they need to compete in the global economy."
"Health care reform is a moral imperative, an economic imperative, and a fiscal imperative for our Nation."
"We have launched a very powerful program to help jump-start lending to small businesses."