Virginia Foxx: “I need to point out to my colleagues once more that when the Democrats took over the Congress in January of 2007, the…”

“I need to point out to my colleagues once more that when the Democrats took over the Congress in January of 2007, the deficit was about $200 billion. There was a wonderful situation under Mr. Clinton, they like to point out, but that was because Republicans were in control of Congress and were controlling spending. When the Democrats took control of Congress, that's when things started going downhill for this country. It's when unemployment started going up and bad things happened. Let me say, Republicans have repeatedly called for cutting unspent stimulus spending to offset spending, but we're not alone. The majority leader, Mr. Hoyer, said on June 13 there's spending fatigue across the country and that, if we have dollars not yet expended in the Recovery Act, they should be redirected to pay for new spending like this. The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Mr. Obey, hailed amendments to the supplemental appropriations bill made on July 1 that were paid for by repeatedly cutting unspent projects in the stimulus bill.”