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Ronald Dellums: I thank the gentleman. Quickly, if I hear the gentleman correctly, then, he is suggesting that no amendments in…

On the recordMay 10, 1996
I thank the gentleman. Quickly, if I hear the gentleman correctly, then, he is suggesting that no amendments in perpetuity will be allowed to cut any other budget other than the military budget; housing, welfare, education, all these other programs. We will not allow amendments to reduce those budgets either? Because if that is the case, I can show the gentleman chapter and verse where those kinds of amendments were allowed. This is big money, 267. So are we setting a new precedent or establishing a new policy? Because if we are, this is a major point of departure.
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Ronald Dellums
Democratic · California

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Discussing budget amendments related to military and social programs.

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