Steny Hoyer: “Mr. Speaker, this morning in the Wall Street Journal, former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough wrote, and this is a…”

“Mr. Speaker, this morning in the Wall Street Journal, former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough wrote, and this is a conservative, a Republican former member from Florida: ``Ten years ago, Republican congressional candidates like me were running as Washington outsiders, promising to balance the budget and pay off the debt,'' but, Joe Scarborough added, bluntly, ``we lied.'' That is what Joe Scarborough said, referring to ``we'' being Republicans running as outsiders for the Congress of the United States. Joe Scarborough, ``We lied.'' Mr. Speaker, that is Joe Scarborough, former member of your Republican Conference, issuing that indictment. Not Steny Hoyer, not the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), not even my friend, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott), but Joe Scarborough: ``We lied.'' Last year's record budget deficits of $375 billion will be eclipsed by a projected deficit of $422 billion this year and deficits totaling nearly $2.3 trillion in the next 10 years. That is the result of ``we lied.''”