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David Weldon: “That is precisely the issue at hand. Many Democrats want to increase it 10 percent, and we put through an increase of 5…”

On the recordJune 5, 2002
That is precisely the issue at hand. Many Democrats want to increase it 10 percent, and we put through an increase of 5 percent or 4 percent, and they call that a cut. Indeed, we saw that for years and years and years in this body. I know the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Hayworth) got elected with me in 1994. That was one of the things in 1994 that I campaigned on. For years politicians in Washington would increase something by 5 percent, but the bureaucrats at the agency would say that they needed a 10 percent funding increase.
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David Weldon
Republican · Florida
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Discussing budget increases and funding perceptions during a floor speech.

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