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Joe Cunningham: Mr. Chairman, we arm wrestle every day back and forth across the aisle on domestic spending. We have got budget caps…

On the recordJuly 16, 1998
Mr. Chairman, we arm wrestle every day back and forth across the aisle on domestic spending. We have got budget caps, and we have some serious problems in this country. Even though the economics are supposed to be good, as many of you believe, and I do, too, there is a big difference between Wall Street and Main Street. There is probably not a handful of times in the past 8 years that I have agreed with the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders). Two times in one day, I am starting to question my own rationalization.
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

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Discussing domestic spending and economic disparities during a House committee meeting.

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