I think sometimes we need to remind people how well we are actually doing. ... when we passed our original 7-year balanced budget plan, we said that in fiscal year 1996 we would spend $1586 billion. Does anybody know how much we actually spent in fiscal year 1996? The answer is $1560 billion.
Discussing budget performance and spending during a floor speech.
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