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On the recordMarch 6, 1996
They say, ``Look, you've got to do better than this.'' Is it not sad that we cannot get some of the liberals, the President of the United States, to say, Yes, we are going to do the right for the future and we are going to stop playing political games? It is so frustrating that we cannot cut some of this spending and make this economy stronger, and leave our kids a paid-off mortgage rather than the big debt.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan

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Addressing government spending and economic policy during a floor speech.

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