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J. Exon: “I simply say to my friend from Iowa that I was very pleased with the fact that he mentioned once again what few…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1995
I simply say to my friend from Iowa that I was very pleased with the fact that he mentioned once again what few know--that the only reductions made in the budget last year were the Exon-Grassley amendments that he and I fashioned and worked through the Congress. What I am doing in this particular case, as the Senator has clearly indicated, is to apply to Congress what we apply to others--And if Congress wants to have a balanced budget amendment, which I hope they do, then they should live up to it. You had indicated in your remarks that while you thought the Exon amendment was probably a good one, this is the wrong place to put it. Well, I suggest that this is the right place to put it. What we are talking about here today is to make Congress live up to the laws that it applies to the people of the United States.
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J. Exon
Democratic · Nebraska
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Discussing the importance of a balanced budget amendment during Senate floor debate.

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