Ron Lewis: “I remember 1993. The Democrats had had Congress for 40 years. We had $5 trillion in debt, $200 billion deficits every…”

“I remember 1993. The Democrats had had Congress for 40 years. We had $5 trillion in debt, $200 billion deficits every year. The taxes kept going up. The deficits kept going up. So I do not think they were handling it very well. It seems to me, over the last 6 years since we have taken the majority in this House, the deficits have been eliminated. The surpluses are going up. The taxes are going down. We have not voted for any new taxes in 6 years. But let me just say this. The other day, when we were debating the Marriage Penalty Relief Act, many on that side kept saying, oh, gosh, yes, this will destroy the Social Security, it will take money away from that, Medicare, prescription drugs. All this is a disaster. We cannot give any money to married people and their families. Today they are saying we cannot give any tax relief to senior citizens because it will destroy Social Security and Medicare and all this. But the reality of it is, right after we had that debate on the Marriage Penalty Relief Act, we had foreign aid come up. Every speaker, one right after another, could not give enough money in foreign aid. They did not worry about prescription drugs. They did not worry about Social Security. They did not worry about Medicare. They wanted to pile on more money. Nothing, nothing harmed them there.”