I quoted the chairman of the Banking Committee, Phil Gramm of Texas, where he says, verbatim, among other things, on August 5 in the Congressional Record: The deficit 4 years from today will be higher than it is today and not lower. Does the Senator's chart indicate that that statement is totally without foundation and not true?
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