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Orrin Hatch: They are not doing it now because they do not know who is responsible for them. If we have to stand up and vote and make…

On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
They are not doing it now because they do not know who is responsible for them. If we have to stand up and vote and make supermajority votes to spend and borrow more, then they will know who is doing it to them. If we have to make a constitutional majority to increase taxes, they will know who is doing it to them. I have to say, if we do not, as a congressional body, have our CBO do better numbers, and the OMB as the executive body do better numbers, then there are going to be changes that will get them to where they have to do better numbers. Will they always be accurate? There is no way we will always be completely and absolutely accurate.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing accountability in government spending and taxation.

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