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On the recordJune 23, 2003
This is something I can't understand, why there is so much silence on the other side of the aisle about these huge annual deficits he has created, especially since when he took office we were spending less money than we were taking in. To think that the country is in such deep trouble. Does the Senator realize parts of our national parks are actually closing because of a state of disrepair, our great national parks? We have money in our highway trust fund that people pay when they go to the gas pump, but this money is not being used for highways. We are trying to come up with a highway bill, but the President is not allowing us to spend the money on highways. He wants to spend it on jobs in Iraq. I don't know what he wants to spend it on. I didn't answer the one question the Senator asked about Iraq. Not only are they trying to create jobs in Iraq, they are now talking about paying Saddam Hussein's army for back pay while they were fighting Americans. Is the Senator aware of that?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Addressing concerns about national deficits and funding for infrastructure during a Senate debate.

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