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C. W. Bill Young: “I have to suggest to the distinguished minority leader, and he is distinguished, and I have a lot of respect for him…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2002
I have to suggest to the distinguished minority leader, and he is distinguished, and I have a lot of respect for him, and I understand being in the minority. I served in this House for 24 years in the minority, so I know what it means to be in the minority. But when he says that we did not pass a budget, he is wrong. That is not accurate. We passed a budget. And when we could not get it through the whole process because the other body would not pass one, we deemed our own budget. So the House did its job. It was not our fault that the other body controlled by the other party refused to even take up a budget. Just like in the House, their party did not offer a substitute for our budget. So, yes, Mr. Minority Leader, we passed a budget and when we could not get in conference with the other body, we deemed our own budget here in this House. So I just wanted to correct that.
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C. W. Bill Young
Republican · Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Defending the House's budget actions during a debate on budget responsibilities.

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