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Article: SEN. KENT CONRAD DELIVERS REMARKS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE OMB'S MID-SESSION REVIEW
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- July 11, 2007
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SEN. CONRAD DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE OMB'S MID-SESSION REVIEW, AS RELEASED BY THE SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE
JULY 11, 2007
SPEAKER: SEN. KENT CONRAD, D-N.D.
[*] CONRAD: As I look at this Mid-Session Review, it's more hide the ball from this administration; hide the debt; don't talk about the debt; shuffle off the debt; forget about the debt. But it is undeniable. What they are doing is running up the debt. That's the hard reality that we confront.
We have seen repeatedly that they overstate the February deficit estimate in order to claim improvement later in the year. It has been a very consistent practice. You ...