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Cord Byrd: “The Senator will admit, will he not, that the Budget Committee did, in that instance, 1993, have a markup in the…”

On the recordApril 4, 2001
The Senator will admit, will he not, that the Budget Committee did, in that instance, 1993, have a markup in the committee and then reported that measure out of the committee with a report? And I assume the minority was allowed to publish its views. Would the Senator respond? Was that not the case with that 1993 peekaboo budget?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Questioning a colleague about the Budget Committee's actions regarding the 1993 budget.

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