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Cord Byrd: “It does not name the agency. It is obviously--to me--not the Congressional Budget Office. It says, ``responsible Federal…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 1995
It does not name the agency. It is obviously--to me--not the Congressional Budget Office. It says, ``responsible Federal agency.'' To me, it is referring to an executive branch agency, some agency in the executive branch.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the identification of a federal agency in legislative language.

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