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Joe Barton: “Thirteen hundred percent since 1964. This year we are expected to spend $1 trillion, which is 1 thousand billion, $531…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1995
Thirteen hundred percent since 1964. This year we are expected to spend $1 trillion, which is 1 thousand billion, $531 billion. Those numbers are from President Clinton's Office of Management and Budget. Those are not the Republican numbers, but the official budget numbers of the President of the United States.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Discussing federal spending and budget numbers during a House floor debate.

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