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Scott Walker: “I have said that all the way along, that I thought that if we could find other ways of accomplishing this to assure that…”

On the recordMay 2, 1995
I have said that all the way along, that I thought that if we could find other ways of accomplishing this to assure that there is no add-on program here, that that would be perfectly acceptable to me. But your amendment goes right at the heart of the bill's language that seeks to put that kind of cap in. By striking the cap, you are simply doing all of the additional spending in the bill as add-on to the present account.
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Scott Walker

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Discussing concerns about an amendment related to spending caps in a bill.

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