Patrick Leahy: “I have great affection for President Reagan. We had a very good personal relationship. I used to kid him that every year…”

“I have great affection for President Reagan. We had a very good personal relationship. I used to kid him that every year he would talk about a need for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, and then he would send up a budget that increased our national debt, something he did more than any President in our Nation's history. By the time he got done, he had doubled or tripled the national debt that had taken over 200 years to build up. He had wonderful speeches saying, ``Let us balance the budget. But, by the way, guys, here is my budget, and guess what is in it?...”