I would simply inform the lady that we voted for the full budget act that put the budget in balance in 1998 for the first time in 30 years and then again in the year 2000, put it in surplus by $236 billion. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), chairman of the Democratic Caucus.
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