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On the recordSeptember 26, 2013
We are not going out there and saying: Listen, let us borrow some more money so we can spend this new money. We are just trying to pay for programs and appropriations that have been approved by Congress, both Republicans and Democrats in both the House and the Senate. These are accumulated debt. Many of the debts were accumulated in the previous administration while we were fighting two wars. We are not--and we shouldn't--turn our back virtually for the first time in our history on what we have voted previously to spend. Indeed, if we do that, it will create chaos in the economic markets. It will create chaos like we have never seen before. The international markets are so fragile that we dare not risk this. With that, I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican whip. Tribute to Arnold Garcia
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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