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the increase in spending to three or four percent a year for three or four years so that we can get away from these tremendous deficits,” he said.
In his report this month, Byrd wrote, ‘‘Simply put. Congress is totally without discipline when it comes to spending the money taken from the pockets of the hardworking men and women of our nation.”
Byrd’s image as a fiscal conservative is enhanced by the numerous plaques that line the walls of his office. The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, for example, cited him for his “support of policies of fiscal integrity” at a time “when others have succumbed to the call for unsound demands on the public purse.”
In a picture frame, a one dollar bill is displayed with the saying, ‘‘Every dollar spent by this government comes from the pocket of a working American. Our challenge is to act as if it were our own.”
Byrd, a man of few words who speaks cautiously and lets others read between the lines, says Trible is a “very attractive, articulate person and I think he will do a good job.”
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