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Scott Walker: “The fact is that when supplementals were brought out in the past, we did not even pay for them. We were not given an…”

On the recordMarch 15, 1995
The fact is that when supplementals were brought out in the past, we did not even pay for them. We were not given an opportunity on the floor to find a way to pay for them. What we have here is a rather unique new procedure under the contract, where we are actually saying ``Maybe we ought not fund our emergencies by piling it on as debt.'' We have a rather remarkable new thing out here on the floor, right here, where we are stopping the piling on of debt.
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Scott Walker

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Discussing budget procedures and funding for emergencies during a House floor debate.

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