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Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that our children and our grandchildren will have to pay for the cost of our expenditures.
Chaka Fattah
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The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.
Chaka Fattah
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Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies.
Chaka Fattah
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I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.
Chaka Fattah
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The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.
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This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.
Chaka Fattah
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I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.
Chaka Fattah
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When Bill Clinton was in town, he sent over a balanced budget.
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There's not an appropriations bill in the last 10 years that the-that Democrats passed in the Congress. We haven't spent any money of your taxes in the last decade.
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But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.
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Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
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The Republican Party is in charge. They've been charge of the Congress and spending for 10 years.
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There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places.
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Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.
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