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Bob Goodlatte: “I don't agree with that at all. In fact, in the greatest debt limit crisis you might ever say we've had, which was just…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2011
I don't agree with that at all. In fact, in the greatest debt limit crisis you might ever say we've had, which was just this summer, close to, if not in excess of, 60 percent of the Members of the House voted to raise the debt limit. So I don't believe that future Congresses would be any more irresponsible. I think future Congresses are likely to be more responsible than prior Congresses because we have not balanced the budget for but six times in the last 50 years. We have a $15 trillion debt.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia
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Nov 17, 2011

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