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Asa Hutchinson: “I say to the chairman, I would presume that the $2 million--this is an amendment to the Department of Defense bill, so I…”

On the recordMay 14, 1998
I say to the chairman, I would presume that the $2 million--this is an amendment to the Department of Defense bill, so I would assume the $2 million would come out of the defense bill. And $2 million, I might add--if I might inquire of the chairman, the total budget, the total amount authorized in the defense bill, is how much?
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Asa Hutchinson
Arkansas

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Questioning funding allocations in the Department of Defense bill.

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