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Pete Sessions: for 17 months this new Democrat majority has led this country down their pathway of what they want, higher taxes, more…

On the recordMay 7, 2008
for 17 months this new Democrat majority has led this country down their pathway of what they want, higher taxes, more spending, which has resulted in the gasoline crisis that we have today by cutting off supplies that would come to make America energy independent. And here we are now with a housing crisis. After all the years that we've had a growing economy, no wonder our country's in trouble. The new Democrat majority has taken over.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Criticizing the Democratic majority for economic issues during a speech.

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