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On the recordMarch 7, 1996
I believe he was specific about it. Perhaps a few hundred million were in the field of the Senator from Missouri. Others were in social and health services. My own responsibility for the Department of Interior and related agencies, where we are willing to spend $12.5 billion, is maybe $200 million more than he wants to spend over and above $12.5 billion; in other words, 1 or 2 percent more money than we are authorizing for him, and yet he threatens to veto this entire bill because he cannot spend every dime that he wishes to spend.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington
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Discussing budget allocations and potential veto threats during a floor debate.

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