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Rob Portman: “I would tell the gentleman two things. Number one, at that time we were working on a bipartisan basis to try to get a…”

On the recordJune 24, 2004
I would tell the gentleman two things. Number one, at that time we were working on a bipartisan basis to try to get a balanced budget agreement through the Congress, which we did support. We wanted a cap on spending, you wanted it on taxes, and we came up with a compromise in order to get that 1997 balanced budget agreement through, which was a good agreement in the sense that it restrained spending. That part of it was good, and the economy grew; and I think we should learn from that. Today, what we are trying do again is to get this economy growing and restrain spending through these caps. That is the key.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio
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Discussing the importance of a balanced budget agreement and spending caps.

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