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Cord Byrd: “This amendment is being sold to the American people as a way to balance the budget. Is that not a bit misleading?”

On the recordFebruary 2, 1995
This amendment is being sold to the American people as a way to balance the budget. Is that not a bit misleading?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Questioning the motives behind a budget-balancing amendment.

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