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On the recordJuly 16, 2002
if we exclude emergencies and look at the bill from last year and the bill that is proposed, my number suggests that this is an increase of 5.54 percent, to be exact, which is, of course, way above the rate of inflation and way above the growth of most families' budgets.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing budget increases in relation to inflation and family budgets.

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