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On the recordJuly 16, 2003
When the gentleman walks down there and signs the discharge petition for the balanced budget amendment, I will yield to him all night long. Until then, if he does not believe in a balanced budget, do not come down here and tell me, gee, we found $17 billion we were missing. Because the truth is, and you probably do not even know this, you could cancel all of the discretionary spending in the United States budget right now and you still will not balance the budget.
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Gene Taylor
Mississippi
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Discussing the need for a balanced budget amendment.

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