Harry Reid said "As I understand what the Senator from North Dakota has been advocating, if, in fact, we have a surplus--and thank goodness we do have a surplus--one-third of that should be applied toward reducing the debt, one-third should be used to give the American people a much deserved tax cut, and one-third should be left so that we can do something about the huge class sizes--reduce class size, build some new schools, fund IDEA, the program for the physically and emotionally disadvantaged children." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 3, 2001

As I understand what the Senator from North Dakota has been advocating, if, in fact, we have a surplus--and thank goodness we do have a surplus--one-third of that should be applied toward reducing the debt, one-third should be used to give the American people a much deserved tax cut, and one-third should be left so that we can do something about the huge class sizes--reduce class size, build some new schools, fund IDEA, the program for the physically and emotionally disadvantaged children.

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Harry Reid

Democratic · Nevada

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing budget surplus allocation during Senate floor debate.

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