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BRASILIA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - President Jair Bolsonaro's
candidate to become the next speaker of the lower chamber of
Brazil's Congress favors helping the most needy Brazilians hit
by the coronavirus pandemic, but vows to keep the country's
budget deficit under control.
In written responses to queries from Reuters on Friday,
Arthur Lira said an alternative had to be found to extending
last year's emergency transfers that are on track to cost 322
billion reais ($61 billion) and blow a record hole in the
government's finances.
"Our concern today is to comply with the spending ceiling,"
Lira said, questioning where the resources would come from to