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Charles W. Stenholm: “reclaiming my time, I have heard that rhetoric all night. That dog will not hunt. That is borrowed money. Right now you…”

On the recordMay 22, 2003
reclaiming my time, I have heard that rhetoric all night. That dog will not hunt. That is borrowed money. Right now you are asking the Senate to approve a $984 billion debt ceiling increase. This tax cut tonight is paid for by borrowed money, and if you say you are going to grow your way out of it, why do your own economists, why does your own budget, why does your own rhetoric behind your words tonight not back up what you say? What you are reading to us time and time again is not factual. It is borrowed money. We are increasing the debt. Since you have taken over this House, you have increased our Nation's debt by 54 percent. You will increase it by 167 percent by 2013, following the game plan you are talking about tonight.
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Addressing concerns about a proposed debt ceiling increase and its implications for national debt.

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