best you can do is say, debate is inconvenient for us today and some things are just better left unsaid. like the billions of dollars in this bill that spends too much money that we don't have, that we're going to have to borrow from the chinese or the rush yab -- russians or the saudis. or the fact that we have to look in the eyes of those soldiers and say, we can't even have the opportunity to talk about it on the floor of the house. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. hinchey. the speaker pro tempore: four minutes. ms. slaughter: four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for four minutes. mr. lynch: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i can't say how much i've been amused by the statements that we have heard from our dear friends across the aisle. they know very well what kind of economic circumstances this country is in. they know very well that this administration and this congress inherited one of the largest national debts in the history of our country from the previous administration and from t