the chairman says we have offered no budget. The chairman well knows the majority has the responsibility to offer a budget. Our responsibility is to critique that budget. We have done so by pointing out that this is the effect of the chairman's budget. It increases the debt every year by over $600 billion. That is the budget that has been offered by the majority. When we were in control, they didn't offer alternative budgets.
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You know, we met with a Congressman on the Ways and Means Committee this morning, and we were on a subject related to this. You really see it with our elderly people who do not have options or options are closing in on them.
We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.
If we are going to provide tax incentives for people to have retirement savings, then it should not be used as a piggy bank to pay for other things.
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