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Pete Hoekstra: “When I first came here in 1993, the deficit as Washington counted it for 1998 was projected to be $300 billion per year.…”

On the recordApril 22, 1998
When I first came here in 1993, the deficit as Washington counted it for 1998 was projected to be $300 billion per year. We are on the path now to have a $40 billion to $50 billion surplus. This is a switch of $350 billion to the positive.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the change in the federal budget from deficit to surplus.

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