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Jerry Brown: “The gentleman has misstated my position. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] knows that I voted for a balanced…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1995
The gentleman has misstated my position. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] knows that I voted for a balanced budget amendment that balances the budget in 7 years and contains all of the discipline necessary to do that. The gentleman did not like that particular budget, so now he is accusing me of not supporting caps. I think that is unjust.
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Jerry Brown
California

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Defending his support for a balanced budget amendment during a debate.

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