Pete Sessions said "There would have been private growth and private investment--not an increase in our deficit. But it goes on. In their summary of what the President was going to say, it said he favored a ``tax code that creates American jobs and pays down our debt.'' First of all, is the Senator aware that under the President's plan that he submitted to us--his budget--the lowest single year's deficit in the 10-year window is $488 billion--that we never come close to paying down the debt in the plan he submitted to us? And how can the President--this is an unfair question, but I will ask the Senator from Wyoming--how can the President say he has a plan that pays down our debt when the lowest single deficit he proposes is nearly $500 billion?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 14, 2012

There would have been private growth and private investment--not an increase in our deficit. But it goes on. In their summary of what the President was going to say, it said he favored a ``tax code that creates American jobs and pays down our debt.'' First of all, is the Senator aware that under the President's plan that he submitted to us--his budget--the lowest single year's deficit in the 10-year window is $488 billion--that we never come close to paying down the debt in the plan he submitted to us? And how can the President--this is an unfair question, but I will ask the Senator from Wyoming--how can the President say he has a plan that pays down our debt when the lowest single deficit he proposes is nearly $500 billion?

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Pete Sessions

Republican · Texas

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