It means we as the Congress are doing the same thing the American people have to do in their own home. Checkbooks, you have to have money on one side of the ledger if you want to spend it on another. That is something this Congress has not done.
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Simply put, veterans and seniors are not the cause of our deficits, so we should not look to them to solve our current crisis.
The passage of last summer's Budget Control Act sent a strong, bipartisan message to the country that we are serious about reducing our deficit.
I wasn't sure if the gentleman was planning to transition into another topic as he draws to a close.
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