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Byron Dorgan: “I happen to think there is great merit in reaching a bipartisan agreement on a balanced budget deal... we need to…”

On the recordMay 9, 1997
I happen to think there is great merit in reaching a bipartisan agreement on a balanced budget deal... we need to preserve the Social Security surpluses above that to save for the baby boom generation when it retires.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the importance of a bipartisan balanced budget deal and the treatment of Social Security surpluses.

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