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On the recordJune 14, 2010
You know, there's a certain point where if you spend too much money and you try and put a budget together, the train is going to come off the track. I think that's where we are, and that's, I think, the reason why the Democrats said, yeah, you have got to budget. We always had a budget when the Republicans were in the majority and we always had a budget here in the House. It didn't always get through the Senate necessarily, but we had a budget in the House. We're also joined, as you can see, my friend, by another good friend of ours coming from the State of New Jersey, and that's Congressman Garrett. And, you know, I have to say that the State of New Jersey has been refreshing in the last year or so with their new Governor showing some fiscal responsibility, just giving heartburn to all the big spending people that want to spend that State into oblivion. And Congressman Garrett is a good friend of ours, a good, solid, fiscal thinker, and I'm just delighted that you've joined us in our discussion this evening.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri

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The speaker discusses budgetary concerns and fiscal responsibility in government.

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