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Thomas Ewing: “Because I think of our budget as a whole in this country and we have to look at it as a whole. When we start…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1994
Because I think of our budget as a whole in this country and we have to look at it as a whole. When we start piecemealing it, that is when we get into trouble.
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Thomas Ewing
Republican · Illinois

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Discussing the importance of viewing the national budget as a whole.

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