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Jim Nussle: “I happened to think that was a fairly ingenious idea, because then the numbers would connect. Now, having said that, I…”

On the recordMay 16, 2000
I happened to think that was a fairly ingenious idea, because then the numbers would connect. Now, having said that, I can see the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Callahan) about ready to come out of their chairs, and I do not think we are probably going to have much success in passing that. The gentleman from Wisconsin does not need to come out of his chair, I would say, because we did not put that in there. See, I should not have even brought that up.
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Jim Nussle
Iowa
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Discussing a proposed amendment related to budget allocations during a committee debate.

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