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On the recordMarch 10, 1994
Only if the crusted leadership in this body is correct in saying that it is rhetoric. I do not believe it is rhetoric. I think cut spending first is what the groundswell is from America. I believe what the fourth district is saying is what the rest of the Nation is saying. We have got to start that, and this bill will do it.
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Jay Dickey
Arkansas

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Addressing the need for spending cuts in a legislative bill.

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