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Trent Lott: “I think we can make progress on military construction. It has broad support because of what is in the base bill and also…”

On the recordMay 11, 2000
I think we can make progress on military construction. It has broad support because of what is in the base bill and also because it has the emergency funding for Kosovo and fuel for the military. I believe we can complete this bill this week.
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Trent Lott

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Discussing progress on military construction funding legislation.

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