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On the recordApril 23, 1998
I am not going to argue with the gentleman on the tax increases, but it is misleading to the American people to say that this Congress has passed a balanced budget. They did not.
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Gene Taylor
Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Addressing claims about the passage of a balanced budget in Congress.

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