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Robert C. Byrd: Do you not think that there is a responsibility to pursue the course set out by the Congress, through the workings of…

On the recordMay 8, 2003
Do you not think that there is a responsibility to pursue the course set out by the Congress, through the workings of its two Appropriations committees in the Senate and the House, respectively, according to their instructions in the conference report that was issued in February?
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Robert C. Byrd
Source
congress.gov
May 8, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the Department's responsibility to follow Congressional directives.

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