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Thad Cochran: “My colleague asked me whether the Congressional Budget Office had scored the amendment that I offered. I ask my…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1999
My colleague asked me whether the Congressional Budget Office had scored the amendment that I offered. I ask my colleague the same question: What does the Congressional Budget Office say the amendment that the Democratic leader has offered will cost the American taxpayer over the next few years?
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the cost implications of an amendment during budget discussions.

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