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Lisa Murkowski: “I think in this interpretation I used the word ``estimate''--an estimate. It is all it can possibly be. It couldn't be…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2002
I think in this interpretation I used the word ``estimate''--an estimate. It is all it can possibly be. It couldn't be anything else other than an estimate because it is has not shipped.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the nature of estimates in a legislative context.

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