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Herb Kohl: “I did offer, as I say, something like $3 billion, very close to $3 billion, in cuts that have been debated and agreed…”

On the recordMarch 12, 1996
I did offer, as I say, something like $3 billion, very close to $3 billion, in cuts that have been debated and agreed upon. This Uranium Enrichment Corporation cut from extending the Nuclear Regulatory Commission fees, and the $292 billion from the sale of the strategic petroleum reserve, this totals up to $3 billion, very close to the $3.1 billion we are talking about in terms of education.
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Herb Kohl
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Discussing proposed budget cuts related to education and energy during a floor speech.

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