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Charles W. Stenholm: “You have spent more, period, and that record stands up. All we are talking about today is a simple resolution saying…”

On the recordMay 5, 2004
You have spent more, period, and that record stands up. All we are talking about today is a simple resolution saying, let us put us all under the gun. If you put your budget on the floor under pay-as-you-go, I will have to vote for it, if it is under pay-as-you-go, because I am sincerely for it. I did not vote for the last tax cut because it is with borrowed money on my children and grandchildren. I did not vote for last week's tax cut because it is with borrowed money; and I will not vote for the additional tax cuts with borrowed money on my children and grandchildren's money. But your rhetoric and mine should match. Where is the mismatch?

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Discussing budgetary issues and tax cuts during a House floor debate.

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