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Charles W. Stenholm: “My friend, the budget chairman, again continues to listen to only part of what I say. The revenue is not meeting the…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2004
My friend, the budget chairman, again continues to listen to only part of what I say. The revenue is not meeting the estimates of what he is saying in his budget, therefore, we had to borrow another $110 billion in order to make up for it because his guesstimates are not, in fact, doing what is being said on this floor. And spending is not my fault. The majority is the one that is spending all of this money they are talking about. It is time they take the responsibility for their own record on spending. They are spending it, not the minority.
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Discussing budget deficits and government spending during a House floor debate.

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