James Moran said "If we are going to cut taxes, we have to show how we are going to pay for it. We have got to balance the budget. President Bush the 41st set us on to that path of fiscal responsibility. President Clinton, in the 1993 Balanced Budget Act, made it work. He put tight spending limits. He made sure that if we cut taxes, then we are going to offset it so that we can continue to keep that balanced budget. And, boy, it worked. For 8 years it worked. But now I know that the ranking member has supported just as strongly trying to sustain that policy; and yet for some reason, the other side, apparently, the majority of this Congress, feels that that policy, even as successful as it was, should not be continued." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 21, 2004

If we are going to cut taxes, we have to show how we are going to pay for it. We have got to balance the budget. President Bush the 41st set us on to that path of fiscal responsibility. President Clinton, in the 1993 Balanced Budget Act, made it work. He put tight spending limits. He made sure that if we cut taxes, then we are going to offset it so that we can continue to keep that balanced budget. And, boy, it worked. For 8 years it worked. But now I know that the ranking member has supported just as strongly trying to sustain that policy; and yet for some reason, the other side, apparently, the majority of this Congress, feels that that policy, even as successful as it was, should not be continued.

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James Moran

Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing fiscal responsibility and the importance of balancing the budget during a debate.

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