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Judd Gregg: “If I could continue that line of questioning, if you were to support your amendment, you would be protecting the surplus…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1998
If I could continue that line of questioning, if you were to support your amendment, you would be protecting the surplus for Social Security, or hopefully for Social Security, but at least this spending which is incurred as a result of this proposal would come under the budget process in the manner which would require it be accounted for in the caps and therefore it would not impact the surplus.
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Judd Gregg

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Discussing the implications of an amendment on Social Security surplus during a budget debate.

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