[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 19 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[Pages 725-726]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on House of Representatives Action on the Budget

May 9, 2001

    Today's bipartisan budget vote in the House is a victory for 
fairness and the American people. I commend Republicans and

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Democrats for joining together to pass a budget framework that will 
return money to the taxpayers and provide reasonable spending increases. 
The economy continues to show troubling signs, and we must take decisive 
steps, like this vote today, to ensure sound fiscal policy. The American 
people can take heart that tax relief is one important step closer to 
reality.