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Bobby Scott: “The gentleman asked what is going to happen to the deficit. The red line is the Republican deficit year by year; the…”

On the recordMay 17, 2006
The gentleman asked what is going to happen to the deficit. The red line is the Republican deficit year by year; the blue line is the CBC deficit year by year. We end up with a $2.3 billion surplus, while you are still $163 billion in the ditch.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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