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On the recordApril 15, 2011
Thank you for giving me this opportunity. This substitute budget is listed as the ``Progressive budget.'' For reasons that clearly anyone can take a deep breath and see, as opposed to what Mr. Ryan is presenting to us as Republican, this is really what our country is all about: building on the great things that we've done and making certain that the young people who follow us will be able to say that we have improved their opportunities. Make no mistake about it: Borrowing trillions of dollars and paying interest on that money puts us in a very bad economic position, not only in our country, but throughout the world. I assume that none of us here wants to spend a lot of time pointing fingers at each other about how we got to be where we are. One thing is abundantly clear: If America is going to be progressive, it has to find a progressive solution in order to get out of that. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired. The gentleman from Arizona has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Indiana has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Indiana has the right to close.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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