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David Obey: “Reclaiming my time, that is certainly not the reading by the Committee on the Budget on this side. Our estimate is you…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1994
Reclaiming my time, that is certainly not the reading by the Committee on the Budget on this side. Our estimate is you cut veterans' programs $200 million below the committee resolution.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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Discussing budget cuts to veterans' programs during a House floor debate.

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