[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WE'RE BACK ON THE MEND

  (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR. Ladies and gentlemen, the oil spill isn't the only mess in 
town. The mess was first started by the past administration, which 
takes great glee in cutting taxes for the very rich in this country and 
then leaving behind a huge deficit.
  Remember, when Clinton left office, we had a surplus. When it came to 
war, we didn't have the money to pay for it. Don't pay for it. Just put 
it on a credit card. When it came to bailing out the drug companies for 
giving prescription drugs, don't pay for it. Just put it on a credit 
card. When it came to bailing out Wall Street big banks, don't pay for 
it. Just charge it. The fact is the deficit is big today--in the 
billions. It went from zero to tens of billions, to hundreds of 
billions.
  But guess what? We're back on the mend. Jobs are being created. 
People are going back to work. It's slow, but we're investing in 
America, and the work has just begun.

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