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Transcript: SENATOR KENT CONRAD AND REPRESENTATIVE JOHN SPRATT SENATOR KENT CONRAD AND REPRESENTATIVE JOHN SPRATT HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE CBO BUDGET PROJECTIONS
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- September 7, 2004
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Washington Transcript Service
09-07-2004
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SENATOR CONRAD AND REPRESENTATIVE SPRATT HOLD A
NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE CBO BUDGET PROJECTIONS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2004
SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR KENT CONRAD (D-ND)
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN SPRATT (D-SC)
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CONRAD: Well, welcome.
President Bush in response to the size of these deficits, which
are record deficits, the biggest we've ever had, said in an interview in
response to this question: "Let me ask you about deficits. This year,
$445 billion -- ballpark -- do you think that's pretty good?"
The president, "Yes, I do. I do."
Well, it's an odd sense of ...