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Tom Harkin: “I believe it is important now to limit our taxpayers' exposure rather than a blank check. If there is an emergency in…”

On the recordApril 28, 1998
I believe it is important now to limit our taxpayers' exposure rather than a blank check. If there is an emergency in the future, if something does happen, yes, the Appropriations Committee will respond. The Foreign Relations Committee and the authorizing committee will respond. The Armed Services Committee in their capacity as authorizing committee will respond. The appropriators will respond. It is better to address it at that point rather than giving a blank check now and just sort of letting it go. I think from a budgetary standpoint, from the standpoint of protecting our taxpayer dollars better, we limit it now, and then, if there is an emergency, fine, we can come up with the money and finance the emergency.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing budgetary limits on taxpayer exposure during Senate debate.

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