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Charles W. Stenholm: “Reclaiming my time, I take back time because again you are totally misleading the body when you make that statement. If…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2004
Reclaiming my time, I take back time because again you are totally misleading the body when you make that statement. If you go back to PAYGO as was originally passed in this body in 1990, repassed in 1993, repassed in 1997 with Republican votes for it and Democrats joining, like myself, in putting that in place, it worked. There is nothing in this amendment that suggests that you, the majority party, must cut entitlement spending in order to achieve a tax cut.
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Addressing the implications of the PAYGO amendment during a debate on tax cuts.

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