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