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Byron Dorgan: “That is very good. They were off over $400 billion. For 2003 they said we were going to have a $41 billion surplus. Now…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2003
That is very good. They were off over $400 billion. For 2003 they said we were going to have a $41 billion surplus. Now we are going to have over a $300 billion surplus.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing budget projections and surpluses during a floor speech.

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