when we talk about spending, this is the record on spending, and we have to remind my friends on the other side of the aisle since 1994, they have been in charge. It is not Democrats that have been in charge, but you have been in charge. And, therefore, if we are talking about spending, spending is going up. And the Blue Dogs agreed with President Bush and with you in the budget on total spending this year in the budget. We are not asking one dime more to be spent than what the gentleman is talking about spending. This is the record of spending, and it is going up.
Charles W. Stenholm: “when we talk about spending, this is the record on spending, and we have to remind my friends on the other side of the…”
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