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Paul Ryan: “I simply want to applaud the gentleman, I want to applaud him for coming up with a creative, innovative, idea to get…”

On the recordApril 16, 2008
I simply want to applaud the gentleman, I want to applaud him for coming up with a creative, innovative, idea to get these rules back to the world of common sense. Then we could actually go after wasteful spending, we actually save the money, and give it back to the taxpayer by lowering our deficit, than just finding other places to spend it, which is what happens today. I just want to thank him for taking on this very important fight.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Discussing the need for reform in spending practices during a debate.

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