Earl Blumenauer said "After hearing Paul Ryan talk for years about deficits on the Ways and Means Committee and on the Budget Committee, he leaves a legacy of exploding deficits. You talk about burdens for our children: $2.3 trillion extra of national debt. Think for a moment: We can't balance the budget when times are as good as they are and unemployment is as low. We have had 8 years of increasing employment. I was just in the Cloakroom while Donald Trump was spouting off on TV, and I was watching as the Dow Jones plunged over 500 points. It is a verdict on the reckless Republican leadership in tax and spending, and they are leaving Democrats with serious problems to address. But I know, under our chairman and Democratic leadership, we will at least listen to the American public. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 20, 2018

After hearing Paul Ryan talk for years about deficits on the Ways and Means Committee and on the Budget Committee, he leaves a legacy of exploding deficits. You talk about burdens for our children: $2.3 trillion extra of national debt. Think for a moment: We can't balance the budget when times are as good as they are and unemployment is as low. We have had 8 years of increasing employment. I was just in the Cloakroom while Donald Trump was spouting off on TV, and I was watching as the Dow Jones plunged over 500 points. It is a verdict on the reckless Republican leadership in tax and spending, and they are leaving Democrats with serious problems to address. But I know, under our chairman and Democratic leadership, we will at least listen to the American public. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.

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Earl Blumenauer

Democratic · Oregon

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