10/27/1999
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"This bill provides for a strong national defense, maintains high military readiness, funds investment programs necessary to modernize the equipment that our combat forces use, and supports our commitm..."
"The bill provides $4.2 billion more than I requested in my 1998 budget."
"Reauthorizing the Nation's surface transportation programs is the Administration's top transportation priority for this session of Congress."
"I have today signed into law H.R. 2266, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998."