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On the recordOctober 20, 2005
the Senator from Oklahoma who has just spoken, who is the author of this amendment, has indicated we need to be making sacrifices. I do not think anyone in the State of Alaska feels we should not be contributing, but we do not feel in the State of Alaska that it should be coming entirely from one State. This amendment puts the sacrifice on one State. I urge rejection of this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time?
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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