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Pete Domenici: “it is with reluctance that I must oppose the Byrd amendment. This would increase taxes and spending by $65 billion. It…”

On the recordMay 22, 1996
it is with reluctance that I must oppose the Byrd amendment. This would increase taxes and spending by $65 billion. It would strike the budget resolution's reconciliation instruction with reference to taxes, and it would eliminate the firewall between defense and nondefense spending. I believe, on any of those counts, it should be defeated. When you put them all together, clearly it ought to be tabled.
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Opposing the Byrd amendment during Senate floor debate.

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