Rep. Rahm Emanuel said "I do appreciate your conversion on the road to Damascus as it relates to fiscal responsibility and spending. And I do believe that after we've seen the highest increase in the Nation's debt in the shortest period of time under a Republican Congress and a Republican President, adding $4 trillion to the Nation's debt, that you have decided enough is enough when it comes to a piece of legislation on homeland security, 5 years after the strike on 9/11. I think it's ironic that it's on this bill that you have decided the spending issue you want to debate." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 12, 2007

I do appreciate your conversion on the road to Damascus as it relates to fiscal responsibility and spending. And I do believe that after we've seen the highest increase in the Nation's debt in the shortest period of time under a Republican Congress and a Republican President, adding $4 trillion to the Nation's debt, that you have decided enough is enough when it comes to a piece of legislation on homeland security, 5 years after the strike on 9/11. I think it's ironic that it's on this bill that you have decided the spending issue you want to debate.

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Rep. Rahm Emanuel

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing fiscal responsibility and spending during a late-night debate.

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