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On the recordJune 17, 2010
Every time my colleague wants to blame the economy on the former President, I'm going to remind him that the Democrats were in control of this Congress the last 2 years that President Bush was in office. You can talk all you want to about what the job numbers were in the last month of the Bush administration. The Democrats were in control of Congress, and they caused the problem.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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The speaker addresses the economic situation and accountability during President Bush's administration.

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