it is hard not to be aggressive when talking about this issue. Even today I heard a Member of the more liberal party suggest that look at how deficits have come down. Look how they came down in 1995. Look how they came down in 1996. Of course what happened is, when Republicans came into Congress January 1, 1995, the first thing we did was cut $13 billion our of the 1995 budget. Then we set the 1996 budget.
Discussing budget cuts and deficit reduction during a floor speech.
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