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On the recordSeptember 14, 1999
Currently there is not a specific line item appropriation in the bill before us, H.R. 2466, for this project. However, it would be my hope that in conference the senior senator from Alaska and the Subcommittee Chairman could work to find the dollars for design and construction needed to make this visitor center a reality.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing funding for a visitor center project during House floor debate.

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