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Jim Nussle: “I take this time just to respond to my very distinguished appropriations chairman and subcommittee chairman to report to…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2003
I take this time just to respond to my very distinguished appropriations chairman and subcommittee chairman to report to them that I heard their personal conversations to me about the need to take on mandatory spending and not just fight about discretionary spending. That is why in the budget this year we not only asked for the 1 percent from all of the mandatory spending; the first time that has been done, it was because of the interest of the Committee on Appropriations, in particular, that we took on that task. No, it did not complete the final version of the budget, because there were not enough people who were gutsy enough to do it. I know the gentleman from Kentucky is. I am, as well.
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Jim Nussle
Iowa
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Discussing the need to address mandatory spending in the budget during a floor speech.

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