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Orrin Hatch: I believe any reasonable interpretation of section 6 knows that there is no way--and the distinguished Senator was right…

On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
I believe any reasonable interpretation of section 6 knows that there is no way--and the distinguished Senator was right when he made the comment earlier in the day--that there is no way of absolutely being accurate on estimates. We have to do the best we can to estimate the outlays and receipts at the beginning or at some time during each year for the next succeeding year. There is just no question about it, because there is no way we can absolutely predict what will happen in the future. But I think through implementing legislation we can resolve the budgetary problems with regard to estimating outlays and receipts in a way that would be workable. And we would have to do so under this amendment.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the challenges of accurately estimating budgetary outlays and receipts.

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