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C. W. Bill Young: “Help me out. If the provision in the appropriations bill busts the budget and this bill that we talk about today has the…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2004
Help me out. If the provision in the appropriations bill busts the budget and this bill that we talk about today has the identical effect and it does not bust the budget, can the gentleman explain to me how that works?
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C. W. Bill Young
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Questioning budget implications of an appropriations bill during House debate.

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