I would say to him, I don't want to re-litigate. I do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, and I believe, very frankly, my friend, that the economic policies that you want to pursue have not worked, and I don't want to pursue them again. It's not a question of re-litigation. It's a question of learning from the failures of the past that brought this economy so extraordinarily low. It is time to invest in the creation of jobs. I believe this bill does that.
Steny Hoyer: “I would say to him, I don't want to re-litigate. I do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, and I believe, very…”
On the recordJuly 29, 2010
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The speaker addresses the need to learn from past economic failures and support job creation.
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