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Nathan Deal: “I think the ultimate mandate of this Congress has been to try to balance the budget. I commend the chairman of the…”

On the recordJuly 16, 1996
I think the ultimate mandate of this Congress has been to try to balance the budget. I commend the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and all of those others who have made Herculean efforts in that regard. We have done so in this body by reducing our staffs by a third. We have made other efforts. I would support this amendment. I remind my colleagues that no one who is affected by this amendment is an indentured servant. There are choices that all of us have the right to make. I would urge the adoption of the amendment.
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Nathan Deal
Georgia
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Discussing budget balancing efforts and supporting an amendment during a congressional session.

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