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On the recordMay 16, 2012
Mr. President, this is the budget. This is what Senator Sessions has presented as being the President's budget. Do you see a difference? This is what Senator Sessions describes as the President's budget. This is the President's budget. I think it is readily apparent, there is a big difference between the President's budget, which I hold in my hands, and what Senator Sessions has presented as being the President's budget. This is not the President's budget, so of course we are not going to support it. It is not what the President proposed. I yield back our time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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