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On the recordMarch 12, 1997
I hope at this juncture the majority here would demonstrate leadership. The Budget Act requires that budgets be sent to the full Congress; that we then submit a budget, have our own budget here, that either duplicates the President or offers some alternatives so that we can then debate out the process and move in the direction that I think all of us have endorsed regardless of where anyone stood on the proposed constitutional amendment.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the responsibilities of Congress in response to the President's budget proposal.

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