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On the recordFebruary 23, 1994
Not delivering the promised result at all. Let me cite to the Senator what the committee report says, the Judiciary Committee report. When it reported this amendment to the Senate it also submitted its report on the amendment. So here is a chart titled, ``What Does Section 6 Mean?'' That is the section we were just talking about, which allows the Congress to balance the estimates, which is not what the people are being told at all. Those estimates may be off by billions of dollars--tens of billions of dollars.
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Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
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Senator Byrd discusses concerns about the accuracy of financial estimates related to a legislative amendment.

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