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On the recordJuly 21, 2010
Mr. Speaker, I will just point out again to our colleagues across the aisle that the reason we had a surplus when Bill Clinton was President was because Republicans were in charge of the Congress, and the reason we had a deficit the last 2 years of the Bush administration is because Democrats were in charge of the Congress. We'll continue to remind you of that. I now would like to yield such time as he may consume to my distinguished colleague from California (Mr. Dreier). (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
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