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J. Exon: “I have heard the same things over and over and over again--the Republicans seem to think if they say something enough…”

On the recordMay 16, 1996
I have heard the same things over and over and over again--the Republicans seem to think if they say something enough times, it is true. They have said on many occasions that the President's budget does not balance in the year 2002. I do not know how many times I have refuted that point, and noted that the Republican-appointed head of the Congressional Budget Office says that the President's budget does balance in the year 2002. The same CBO office says that the Republican plan balances in the year 2002. So if the Republicans are trying to impeach the written word of their own appointed CBO office, then they impeach the source of their balanced budget as well. Why can we not be realistic? Both programs are estimated--and I use the word 'estimated' with emphasis--by the Congressional Budget Office as reaching balance.
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J. Exon
Democratic · Nebraska
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Addressing budgetary claims made by Republicans regarding the President's budget during a floor debate.

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