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Pete Hoekstra: “It was cuts off of projected spending, not cuts off of--what historically I have always said is, you are spending this…”

On the recordMay 3, 1994
It was cuts off of projected spending, not cuts off of--what historically I have always said is, you are spending this much this year, and a cut means next year you will be spending a little bit less.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing budget cuts and spending projections.

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