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Lloyd Doggett: “I am troubled to hear of even the possibility that this budget might get as little as 4 hours of time. It has been…”

On the recordMay 12, 1995
I am troubled to hear of even the possibility that this budget might get as little as 4 hours of time. It has been described as a revolutionary budget, and I know as one of I guess what would be the chief revolutionaries you would have some concern about explaining it fully, and that is barely 1 hour for $100 billion of Medicare cuts, and I would hope you would work with the Committee on Rules so that we could have a full and complete debate extending over at least a couple of days to explore what this budget means for ordinary American families.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about the limited debate time for a proposed budget with significant Medicare cuts.

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