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Max Baucus: “If the Senator will yield, if I understand the Senator, he is saying under the Byrd-Gramm-Baucus-Warner amendment it is…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1997
If the Senator will yield, if I understand the Senator, he is saying under the Byrd-Gramm-Baucus-Warner amendment it is true that it is up to the discretion of the Budget Committee and appropriations committees to make these decisions, but that they will be under such pressure that they will not be able to decide responsibly what is right for the country? That is what I understand the Senator to be saying.
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Max Baucus
Democratic · Montana

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Discussing the Byrd-Gramm-Baucus-Warner amendment and its implications for budget decision-making.

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