Kent Conrad actually said...

the proposal here is to expand in health care and put in place $636 billion in new spending

Kent Conrad highlights the significant proposed increase in health care spending.

01/07/2009

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I think we have to be very careful not to prematurely reduce the deficit because, in many ways, we are facing what the Japanese did.

We hope to support the efforts of an official commission, whether statutory or created by Executive order.

Thank you for your strong leadership on this issue.

The problem that we confront is where we are headed. Where we are headed is towards unsustainable debt.