[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. CARDOZA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Gohmert clearly doesn't realize that 
under Mr. Reagan we had a $1.41 trillion deficit. Under Mr. Bush 1, we 
had a $1.04 trillion deficit. Under Bush 2, we had a $1.69 trillion 
deficit, for a total of $4.14 trillion under Republican 
administrations. Under Mr. Clinton, we actually had a $62.9 billion 
surplus.
  So I would like to ask the gentleman who is truly responsible for the 
national debt?
  I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman's yielding for 
the answer. I know we are all grateful to the Republican Congress since 
1994 and 1995 and the great strides that were made in reducing the 
deficit. It has gone up since the war, and I look forward to seeing if 
you continue to increase it or help some of the rest of us bring it 
down.

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