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Deborah Koff Ross: “It was a fascinating discussion, and you raise a good point, and that is that it wasn't too long ago that Members of…”

On the recordOctober 30, 2007
It was a fascinating discussion, and you raise a good point, and that is that it wasn't too long ago that Members of Congress were coming to this floor to debate how to spend a budget surplus, how to invest a budget surplus. You know, it was under President Clinton. I'm proud to say it was a fellow Arkansan from my home town of Hope, Arkansas, where I grew up and graduated high school, who gave us the first balanced budget of any Democrat or Republican President for the first time in what, 40 years?
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the historical context of budget surpluses during President Clinton's administration.

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