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David Schweikert: “The Joint Economic Committee of Republicans didn't just do…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Published | Video Starts at 42:51

Madam speaker pro tem, in a moment, I'm going to yield to the gentleman from Texas because he needed a couple of minutes to share some things. But I want to make the point. The Joint Economic Committee of Republicans didn't just do the typical sniping at the Democrats or the president. We worked through the math and the scale of the actual problems ahead of us, and then we actually laid out ways we could make a better, healthier, more productive, more prosperous society. Is this body actually capable of reading a couple chapters, working with us and saying, okay, maybe we could adopt some policies that crash borrowing, grow the economy, and make everyone's lives better? (42:51–43:15)

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