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On the recordJune 13, 2019
I would like to note, for the Record, that I am new to Congress, elected in November, so I was not here last year or last Congress during the tax bill cycle. Given that my colleague across the aisle was, I find the lectures about fiscal discipline to be very challenging to take when we are discussing Monopoly money, fantasy land money, and taking money from the next generation. I know a great deal about the challenges that ride on the fact that we have increased our debt year after year, and I find it very difficult to listen to lectures about this from a colleague who, in fact, voted to balloon the deficit. This is about prevention and screening. This is about the health of Americans. This is about being proactive in our spending. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired. Parliamentary Inquiry
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Abigail Spanberger
Democratic · Virginia
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Jun 13, 2019

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