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John Spratt: in the Democratic budget resolution, let me remind the gentleman, we incur a lower deficit than their resolution. Every…

On the recordMarch 30, 2004
in the Democratic budget resolution, let me remind the gentleman, we incur a lower deficit than their resolution. Every year for 10 years, we incur $1.2 trillion less debt than the President's resolution, and we merely bring spending back to baseline so that we can restore what is needed for priorities like education and veterans health care.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Discussing the Democratic budget resolution and its impact on the deficit.

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