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Virginia Foxx: Our colleagues across the aisle are constantly reminding the American people of what a great economy we had when…

On the recordNovember 18, 2011
Our colleagues across the aisle are constantly reminding the American people of what a great economy we had when President Clinton was President. Why did we have such a great economy? Because 6 of the 8 years that he was President, we had a Republican-controlled Congress. The first 2 years of his administration was a disaster in this country, and then we had 6 years of the Republicans in control. They balanced the budget. They reduced spending. And did we have a horrible economy? Did we have horrible workplace situations? No. They want to lead you to believe that with Republicans in control and passing Republican bills that we'll somehow or another destroy this country. That is not going to happen. Under Republican control we have, generally, a booming economy, but not under Democrats. I now would like to yield 3 minutes to my distinguished colleague from South Carolina (Mr. Scott).
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Nov 18, 2011

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