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Harold Volkmer: “I cannot cut money someplace else in that chapter, in that agency. I cannot make that cut unless there is already a cut…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1995
I cannot cut money someplace else in that chapter, in that agency. I cannot make that cut unless there is already a cut within that in the bill in that specific amount or area.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing budget cuts and funding allocations during a congressional debate.

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