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Steve Scalise: “Maybe the gentleman on the other side might want to, and I'm sure during your time you'll have the opportunity to…”

On the recordMay 31, 2011
Maybe the gentleman on the other side might want to, and I'm sure during your time you'll have the opportunity to address that, but, frankly, what we've got to do is start installing fiscal discipline back in this House, and we're going to start doing it now. It means no more blank checks and no more unbridled spending. The President is going to have an opportunity to join us in that debate. But, frankly, it starts tonight, and we say we're not going to keep giving that credit card limit to the President without real reforms.
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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May 31, 2011

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