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Lincoln Chafee: And I went away distressed. So now we will have an opportunity in this bill, as the majority leader has made it clear…

On the recordFebruary 5, 1998
And I went away distressed. So now we will have an opportunity in this bill, as the majority leader has made it clear the way we will proceed, and I look forward, as we get into this, that he will support a bill that will accomplish the goals of the Nation in the context of all the other demands that are placed upon the budget of the United States. I will conclude by stressing once again that we have an increase in this bill this year, ISTEA II, over the past, of 20 percent when the other discretionary accounts are frozen. In other words, the nondefense items and the nonentitlement items are all frozen--whether you are talking Head Start, school lunches, the school programs, the health programs; they are frozen--and we get a 20 percent increase, which is pretty good, for this program.
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island

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Discussing the budget implications of the ISTEA II bill during Senate floor debate.

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