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Sen. Warren Hatch tells Utah senators he’s pushing balanced-budget goals and Olympic support in Washington
Summary
U.S. Sen. Warren Hatch addressed Utah’s Senate on Feb. 14, 1997, urging support for a balanced federal budget by 2002, promising help to shift the state’s place in line for transportation funding tied to the 2002 Winter Olympics, and answering senators’ questions about BLM policies and rural law enforcement resources.
U.S. Sen. Warren Hatch addressed the Utah Senate in a committee-of-the-whole session, reviewing federal priorities and taking questions on transportation funding, federal land-management rules and Olympic security.
Hatch told senators the federal goal is a balanced budget by 02/2002, saying it will require tradeoffs but create a fiscal framework that “makes us have to live within our means.” He described congressional efforts on what he called the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act and said Utah is working to ‘‘change our place in line’’ for federal transportation dollars related to hosting the 2002…
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