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John Thune: The fact we do not have sunset provisions in Federal programs is what I think makes the President's budget so dangerous.…

On the recordMarch 4, 1998
The fact we do not have sunset provisions in Federal programs is what I think makes the President's budget so dangerous. [...] we ought to give them back to the taxpayers whose dollars they are in the first place and really ought to have first claim.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns over the President's budget and new entitlement programs.

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