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Orrin Hatch: Now, of course, if you were tied down to particular numbers in a budget table or in a bill financing table and neither…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Now, of course, if you were tied down to particular numbers in a budget table or in a bill financing table and neither could justify these numbers so that precisely the preordained amount of revenue comes into the U.S. Treasury, you might be inclined to overplay the public health rationale beyond what is warranted from the actual data. Does the Senator agree with me on that?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing budgetary constraints and public health rationale in a Senate debate.

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