Joe Crowley: “Not perfect. We still have a ways to go. But isn't that remarkable? A Democratic President that reduced the deficit, was…”

“Not perfect. We still have a ways to go. But isn't that remarkable? A Democratic President that reduced the deficit, was handed a deficit of over a trillion dollars by his Republican predecessor, and now this President can lay claim--and I think rightfully so--to having reduced the deficit, yearly deficit, by over a trillion dollars. Yet here are my Republican colleagues. Once again, they see an opportunity to add on to the deficit again here in this particular measure by $14.3 billion. It doesn't sound like much, but when you add up the whole package, it is well over $300 billion you want to add back to the Nation's deficit. I think it is wrong. I think most Americans think that is wrong. Democrat, Republican, it matters not. We are making progress. You are putting that on the back of future generations. The hungry that you pretend to be taking care of today are going to have to try to pay for these bills in the years to come. I think this is wrongheaded. I hope that my colleagues on this side do not support this measure. {time} 1615”