Kent Conrad: “I have enjoyed this presentation so much. It is perhaps the most creative presentation I have heard on the Senate floor.…”

“I have enjoyed this presentation so much. It is perhaps the most creative presentation I have heard on the Senate floor. The Senator wonders why we aren't going along with the policies of this administration. Here is why. Here is what our friends on the other side never want to talk about. You will never hear this word leave their lips--debt. They don't want to talk about debt because that is what they have been running up. They have run up the debt of the country by $3 trillion in 5 years. If their policy is followed, they will run it up another $3 trillion, doubling the debt and doing it all before the baby boomers retire, putting us in a deep hole. Here is the record. The debt at the end of the first year of this administration stood at $5.8 trillion, the gross debt of the United States, $5.8 trillion. At the end of this year, the gross debt of the United States is going to be up to $9 trillion because of the policies that our friends on the other side put in place. But you will never hear them talk about that part of the record. You will never hear them talk about where it is headed if we continue with their policies. They are going to add another $3 trillion. You will never hear my colleague say the motion he has presented will cost another $250 billion that is not paid for--not a dime of it.”