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Pete Domenici: “I say to my good friends on the other side of the aisle, the Vice President, as your candidate, plans to spend $2.6…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2000
I say to my good friends on the other side of the aisle, the Vice President, as your candidate, plans to spend $2.6 trillion of this surplus on new programs. That is what we are worried about. So we both have some worries about what is going to be left in the lockbox--whether we are going to spend it on taxes or whether you are going to spend it on an infinite number of new programs.
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing concerns over spending the budget surplus during a debate.

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