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William Tauzin: “As the gentleman knows, we plan later on to offer an amendment that I think cures this problem, and that is if the…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 1995
As the gentleman knows, we plan later on to offer an amendment that I think cures this problem, and that is if the legislature, this Congress, stays within the glideslope projections that take us to a balance budget, we are not going to have this problem at all. It is only when we spend in excess that then the President would have to exercise the line-item veto to keep us on line, in which case every program ought to be examined to see if there is pork in it, every single one. I think the gentleman is correct in that view. I would urge that that view prevail on this floor.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana
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Discussing budgetary amendments and the line-item veto during a congressional debate.

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