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Byron Dorgan: My point is the budget that you support, the budget the President has offered, and others, fall short of balancing the…

On the recordJune 7, 1996
My point is the budget that you support, the budget the President has offered, and others, fall short of balancing the budget by the equivalent amount of the Social Security surpluses that we deliberately decided we wanted to receive and save.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing budget proposals and their impact on Social Security surpluses.

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