Paul Ryan: “All it does is says, a Member of Congress, if they want to cut…”

On the recordJune 22, 2000

All it does is says, a Member of Congress, if they want to cut spending in an appropriations bill, can dedicate that savings to another bill, to another program that is more valuable, or to pay off the debt. Mr. Chairman, 328 members of this Congress voted for this, 45 appropriators. If a Member wants to find out, if he or she wants to be consistent with their vote when we vote on this, come on down, we have a list right here. Mr. Chairman, this is scored by the Citizens Against Government Waste, it is scored by the National Taxpayer Union. It is a common sense amendment, and I urge its passage.

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Paul Ryan

Wisconsin

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Discussing an amendment related to cutting spending in appropriations bills.

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Paul Ryan: “All it does is says, a Member of Congress, if they want to cut spending in an appropriations bill, can dedicate that…”

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