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On the recordJuly 29, 2010
The director of the Congressional Budget Office, Doug Elmendorf, Democratic appointee, has said, quote, U.S. fiscal policy is unsustainable, unsustainable to an extent that it can't be solved through minor changes. Yet the Democratic majority brings a bill spending 38 percent more since when they came into office. Economist Robert Samuelson has said that this spending could, quote, trigger an economic and political death boggle. Yet, the Democratic majority brings a bill spending 38 percent more from when they took over. You know, Mr. Chairman, Americans have seen what is going on in Greece. They've seen the riots in the street. Greece is having to sell sovereign territory. Their debt in relation to their economy is about 112 percent. Ours is at 90 percent. We are truly at a tipping point which is why the American people are saying: what part of broke don't you understand? No Nation can borrow, spend or bail out its way to economic prosperity. This bill needs to be rejected.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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