Tom Udall: “What we're talking about is just 6 short years ago President Clinton left office with a budget surplus of $5.6 trillion…”

“What we're talking about is just 6 short years ago President Clinton left office with a budget surplus of $5.6 trillion, and a lot of us at that time were talking about how we were going to invest in education and health care and the important things that our country needs and that make our country stronger. And in 6 short years, 6 short years, our Republican friends have driven this country into a deficit situation. We're talking projected now on a 10-year basis $3 trillion or more in deficit. So I don't see how our friends on the other side of the aisle can claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility. I don't see how they can claim in any way that they have left the country in better shape. I don't see how they can claim that they're fighting spending. I mean, this was, under them, borrow and spend, borrow and spend. That was the message.”