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Andrea Joy Campbell: “If I might say, too, in that report, it indicates that because of some severe actions we have taken in the last year or…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1995
If I might say, too, in that report, it indicates that because of some severe actions we have taken in the last year or two the deficit is going down a little bit now. But, clearly in next few years, it is going to start to rise again. What we do legislatively is not going to amount to a hill of beans, but it is still going to go up without this constitutional balanced budget amendment. I look forward to supporting this amendment, and thank the Senator for his nice comments.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing the need for a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

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