Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his factual and non-partisan question.
Let me just remind the House what Monte Solberg said in 1994:
We should abandon the infrastructure works program...and begin the overdue process of cutting government spending.
He then said we should:
come to grips with the seriousness of the situation...and to move ahead with serious cuts in the very near future
Then, two years ago, he said the cuts were too deep.
It is amazing how time and what side of the House one is on changes one's perspective on things.