John Spratt: “Instead of making the government bigger, we need to right-size…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2008

Instead of making the government bigger, we need to right-size government and reform government. Rather, this Democrat budget represents the efficiency and effectiveness of FEMA, the customer service of the IRS, and the real thoughtful approach of our immigration policy. And they want to expand these things. We need immigration reform. We need to reform government. We need to make sure we right-size government rather than expand this and grow it, which is what this Democrat budget does.

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John Spratt

South Carolina

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Discussing the need for government reform and criticizing the Democrat budget.

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