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Timothy Roemer: “I think that the budget that we came up with, the blue dog coalition budget, balances the budget by the year 2002. It…”

On the recordApril 25, 1996
I think that the budget that we came up with, the blue dog coalition budget, balances the budget by the year 2002. It cuts wasteful spending out of Washington. But we did not cut a dime out of education. We did not cut a nickel out of student loans. We did not cut a penny out of Head Start programs for children at risk. I think if the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] and I can work together on some foreign policy issues, certainly we Republicans and Democrats can work together.
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Timothy Roemer
Indiana
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Discussing the blue dog coalition budget and its impact on education and social programs.

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