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Jack Kingston: I want to conclude with this. Our vision is to have a balanced budget. We are not cutting the budget and we are not…

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
I want to conclude with this. Our vision is to have a balanced budget. We are not cutting the budget and we are not freezing it. We are increasing spending 3 trillion new dollars over the next 7 years. The President wants to increase it $4 trillion over the next 7 years. We can negotiate that. That is the American part.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Discussing budget proposals and spending increases during a House floor speech.

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