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Christopher Shays: “Today we are at a historic point. We are at a point where this Democrat President and this Republican Congress have come…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1997
Today we are at a historic point. We are at a point where this Democrat President and this Republican Congress have come together to get our country's financial house in order and balance the Federal budget. The President wanted more spending in certain areas, and this Republican Congress wanted tax cuts and changes to entitlements to slow the runaway costs of entitlements. This has been an effort of both sides, and this is an effort that needs to be supported.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut
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Discussing bipartisan efforts to balance the Federal budget.

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