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Kent Conrad: “I believe this budget is a very poor product for the conference committee. One of the reasons I believe it is a poor…”

On the recordMay 9, 2001
I believe this budget is a very poor product for the conference committee. One of the reasons I believe it is a poor product is because the fact is that Democrats were locked out completely from the process of writing this budget. There was one meeting at the conference committee, the initial meeting, in which we were allowed to give opening remarks. After that, we were locked out completely. We weren't invited. In fact, we were told by the chairman we would not be invited back.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the budget resolution and the lack of Democratic involvement in its creation.

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