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Jerry Brown: “This conversation from the other side dealing wih the budget and no offsets is really sort of a shell game, which we all…”

On the recordMay 30, 1996
This conversation from the other side dealing wih the budget and no offsets is really sort of a shell game, which we all know. The majority has cut the President's budget by several hundred million dollars. This would partially restore that, this amendment of the gentlewoman from Texas. The fact is, Mr. Chairman, the Subcommittee on Appropriations has already marked this bill up and has a larger figure in it than the majority has in their authorization bill. So, whatever discussion of budget impact that is being made here, and I hear it all too frequently, is in the mind of the chairman of the committee, nothing more, because the Committee on Appropriations has already moved to correct the problem that is represented here, and we are not adding to or subtracting from the budget in the slightest.
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Jerry Brown
California
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Discussing budget cuts and appropriations during a House committee meeting.

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