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John Kasich: “Two-thirds of the budget is on automatic pilot going through the roof, threatening the future of our children…”

On the recordApril 24, 1996
Two-thirds of the budget is on automatic pilot going through the roof, threatening the future of our children, threatening economic security for every American today, and denying the American people a right to run their own programs with their own money, using their own judgments in their own communities. We cannot force the President to sign a bill to give us those reforms, can we?
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John Kasich
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing budget issues and the need for reforms.

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