Deborah Koff Ross: “Number one, require a balanced budget; number two, do not let Congress…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2005

Number one, require a balanced budget; number two, do not let Congress buy on credit; number three, put a lid on spending. Number four is something that I know I have heard the gentleman from Tennessee talk about quite often, and that is require agencies to put their fiscal houses in order. Require agencies to put their fiscal houses in order. By that we are talking about the fact that some of our Federal agencies, they have a problem keeping books. And with that, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee.

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Deborah Koff Ross

Democratic · North Carolina

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