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Edward Livingston: “The appropriations process for the 104th Congress is a three-act play. Fiscal year 1995 was act one. We saved $20…”

On the recordApril 24, 1996
The appropriations process for the 104th Congress is a three-act play. Fiscal year 1995 was act one. We saved $20 billion. Fiscal year 1996 is, and we are drawing to a closure, is almost to an end, and we are saving $23 billion. And we go next week to fiscal year 1997. With the help of the chairman of the Committee on the Budget and the gentleman from Connecticut and all of our other colleagues, I think we are going to have as much to crow about at the end of fiscal year 1997 or more than we do today.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana
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Discussing the appropriations process and budget savings during a speech in Congress.

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