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Cord Byrd: “Can the Senator--he was talking about disasters and how normally there are the votes here in the House and Senate to…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
Can the Senator--he was talking about disasters and how normally there are the votes here in the House and Senate to respond to supplemental requests for disasters and thereby waive this deficit requirement as it would appear in the new constitutional amendment. Does he feel he can assure the Senate that the House leadership will back off in this statement that they made to the President in the letter which I read?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Questioning Senate assurances regarding disaster response and deficit requirements.

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