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Angie Craig: regaining my time, we are certainly going to have ample time to debate the budget and budget issues. But I did think it…

On the recordApril 7, 1997
regaining my time, we are certainly going to have ample time to debate the budget and budget issues. But I did think it was important to respond to the minority leader as it relates to his overall statement today and what we have done here in the last month that I think was an effort to accommodate this President. Now it is the job of the Congress to get on with their business, and they will, and those priorities will be well spelled out, and we will continue our efforts toward a balanced budget and a reduced deficit which the President did not honor in his commitment of his new budget, although what the Senator from Nevada has said certainly is a valid statement. The Congress has participated jointly in that.
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Angie Craig
Democratic · Minnesota

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Addressing budget issues and the President's commitment during a congressional debate.

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