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Marsha Blackburn: “The gentleman talked about priorities and where the priorities are in this budget. I think that is one of things that…”

On the recordApril 5, 2006
The gentleman talked about priorities and where the priorities are in this budget. I think that is one of things that our colleagues will want to watch over the next couple of the days because over the past decade, we saw discretionary spending increase by an average of 7 percent each year. What we have done in last year's budget and this budget is to come to a near freeze in nonsecurity discretionary spending. {time} 2100 And that is so important, because that points to the priorities that you have mentioned and the gentleman from Texas has mentioned and the gentleman from North Carolina has mentioned.
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

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