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David Obey: “I simply want to note, since we have heard of this so-called spending spree that the Committee on Appropriations is…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2002
I simply want to note, since we have heard of this so-called spending spree that the Committee on Appropriations is engaging in, I want to simply note that since 1980 through today, the percentage of our total national income which we spend on domestic discretionary programs financed by this committee and approved by this House has dropped by 35 percent. It seems to me that a 35 percent contraction as a percentage of the total national family income that we spend on domestic needs is some pretty hefty fiscal discipline, no matter how myopically some other Members might view it.
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David Obey
Wisconsin
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Addressing concerns about spending by the Committee on Appropriations.

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