I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just say during the 8 years of the Bush administration, the debt limit was raised seven times for a total of $5.365 trillion. According to the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan CBO, the scorer of President's Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget, the debt limit will have to be raised a total of $5.385 trillion during the 4 years he's President. So 8 years versus 4 years. That means that President Obama will have raised the debt limit at twice the pace that President Bush did. I reserve the balance of my time.
Dave Camp: “I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just say during the 8 years of the Bush administration, the debt…”
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