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On the recordMarch 9, 1994
I want to stress to the gentleman and all other Members in the Chamber as well, are there not people out there in America who are saying yes, we want to sacrifice? Do you all not hear in your communications with the folks, ``Yes, we want to sacrifice, but we want it to be fair''? I think there are people who want this to happen as long as we get down to everybody sharing. We do not want to put it off on any one person or any one section of our economy. I also think there are people in this body who do not think there is a life after spending cuts. They do not think there is a life after sacrifice. The American people say, ``Yes, let us do it.'' Public Enemy No. 1 of America is the deficit, and I think our people are ready to go to war.
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Jay Dickey
Arkansas
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Addressing the need for fair sacrifice in dealing with the national deficit.

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