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Spencer Cox: “I came to Congress 12 years ago, having already spent 2 years working as a lawyer for President Reagan in the White…”

On the recordMay 16, 2000
I came to Congress 12 years ago, having already spent 2 years working as a lawyer for President Reagan in the White House trying to overhaul our badly broken budget process. President Reagan in 1986 appointed a White House working group on budget process reform, a Cabinet level working group, that put together many of the recommendations that have found their way into this legislation.
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Spencer Cox
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the history and efforts behind budget process reform.

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