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Jasper Packard: “I think I need to correct one misunderstanding that apparently the gentleman has got in this amendment. We are cutting…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1996
I think I need to correct one misunderstanding that apparently the gentleman has got in this amendment. We are cutting this year 2.2 percent in addition to last year's cuts of 9.5 percent. We are not increasing 1-point-something percent at all. In fact, we are cutting this bill. If every committee and every program in the Government cut to the extent this bill cuts, the Federal budget would be in balance this year and there would be a $100 billion surplus.
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Jasper Packard
Republican · Indiana
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing misunderstandings about budget cuts in an amendment during a floor debate.

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