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Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. President, the hue and cry we have heard for a balanced budget is going to be a volume of moans and groans when the…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1979
Mr. President, the hue and cry we have heard for a balanced budget is going to be a volume of moans and groans when the people find out what this means. Let us vote for a balanced budget with our eyes open, knowing and saying where the cuts are going to be, where the reductions are going to be.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Mar 22, 1979

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Debating proposals to require a balanced federal budget.

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