05/10/2022
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"When President Obama was sworn in he inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit."
"I want to accept the premise, absolutely accept the premise that, in order to get the deficit and debt down, we have got to reduce spending."
"I do think it is risky to do anything that could weaken the economy during this very fragile time."
"We have frittered away our time without addressing the problem."