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Barbara Boxer: “The President will look at this and say, I am not going to hurt the American people. We have just signed a budget deal.…”

On the recordMay 8, 1997
The President will look at this and say, I am not going to hurt the American people. We have just signed a budget deal. It allows us to do some wonderful things. It seems to him, I am sure, that it is not in very good faith to have this automatic CR when we have just had a budget agreement. Mr. President, I hope we can take this issue off this bill, keep it clean, move forward, and help the people in this country. Then bring it back another day and give it all the debate it deserves. I thank my leader, Senator Byrd, for his brilliant remarks, and I certainly associate myself with his remarks as well. I yield the floor.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the implications of an automatic continuing resolution after a recent budget agreement.

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