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Duncan Faircloth: I think he has just reached to the heart of Government spending, and he did it very succinctly. There is $76 billion…

On the recordMay 21, 1997
I think he has just reached to the heart of Government spending, and he did it very succinctly. There is $76 billion more that the President discovered he needed because by some mathematical manipulation we decided we had $76 billion more to spend. We discovered $76 billion; we spend $76 billion. Now, if we had discovered $176 billion, guess how much the President would have needed? $176 billion. I just want to say that I strongly support the amendment of the Senator from Texas. I intend to speak on it further later. But I at this moment enthusiastically support it and will continue to speak on it at a later time when we have time.
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Duncan Faircloth
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing Senator Gramm's amendment related to government spending.

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