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Dirk Kempthorne: “I agree with that but it is up to Members not CBO to certify by note that they cannot do it. So there is no point of…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1995
I agree with that but it is up to Members not CBO to certify by note that they cannot do it. So there is no point of order, there is no basis for the Chair. I think we may be caught in a bit of a technicality or semantics issue. I would be happy to sit down with the Senator and see if we cannot craft something here. Again, I am simply saying I do not want to see the Senate go with the same procedure as prescribed on the private sector because it will then allow the Senate to no longer deal with whether or not, as the Senator just said, we ought to come to the floor and seek a waiver. We would not be required to do that. I think we should when we are using the taxpayers' money in the million- and billion-dollar categories.
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Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho
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Discussing Senate procedures regarding budgetary waivers and taxpayer money.

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