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On the recordJuly 21, 2010
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.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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The speaker discusses the impact of party control on budget surpluses and deficits.

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