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Nick Smith: “Mr. Chairman, it is not a giant step in the way we are changing business in the United States Congress. Maybe it could…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1996
Mr. Chairman, it is not a giant step in the way we are changing business in the United States Congress. Maybe it could be akin to the baby step forward. But still, if every Member of Congress knows how much they are spending for the carts, for the computers, for everything they buy in that office, and we start running our offices like a business, it will help save taxpayer dollars. Last year, for the first time in history, we had made a decision in this Congress to return this money to Treasury to go toward deficit reduction. That is our goal. Balancing the budget needs to be ever on our minds as we strive to make sure that our economy and jobs expand. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing budget management and fiscal responsibility in Congress.

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