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Harry Flood Byrd: “If this balance is done on the basis of estimates, there is no estimate that will ever be accurate.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1994
If this balance is done on the basis of estimates, there is no estimate that will ever be accurate.
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Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia

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Senator Byrd discusses the challenges of relying on estimates for budget balance.

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