I would just say back to my friend, the gentleman from Iowa, the issue is over 5 years, can we not agree we ought to balance the budget? The gentleman's plan does not balance the budget, the plan runs up on the debt. The gentleman has run into the budget rules that require pay-as-you-go requirements and tonight he eliminates those budget rules. This is Katie-bar-the-door on deficit spending and the chairman of the Committee on the Budget owes a great deal of personal responsibility for this action.
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Discussing budget balancing and deficit spending during a debate.
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