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John Spratt: “It does indeed, and I do not know where it will come, except for TANF. This is another example of the budget resolution…”

On the recordJune 5, 1998
It does indeed, and I do not know where it will come, except for TANF. This is another example of the budget resolution saying it will, and then Members getting up here and saying it will not, and then voting for a document that says it will; such contradictory statements.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Discussing contradictions in the budget resolution during a floor speech.

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