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J.C. Watts: “the truth is now out about the President's budget. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, has now…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1999
the truth is now out about the President's budget. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, has now documented the obvious. The President's budget just does not add up. It is not simply a case of the usual Washington accounting tricks. The accounting is so outrageous that no serious analyst can defend it. In fact, the nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, shows exactly where and why it does not add up. The budget busts the spending caps that were signed into law by the President in 1997, in the summer of 1997. And even more disturbing, Mr. Speaker, this budget, not only does it not save Social Security, it even dangers Social Security. Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve better. They deserve an honest budget. They deserve a budget that will continue American prosperity. They deserve a budget that protects Social Security. Mr. Speaker, the President's budget does not do that.
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J.C. Watts
Oklahoma
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Criticizing the President's budget during a House floor speech.

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