12/02/1999
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"It is just the kind of forward-thinking initiative we need to drive our economy toward a decade of creative change."
"The choice we face is between bold action to build a stronger and safer and smarter America, or continuing to cut defense with no appropriate response."
"If we don't do that, we will pay for that neglect tomorrow, just like we're paying for yesterday's neglect today."
"I want to commend Chairman Jack Brooks, Senator Pat Leahy, Chairman Joe Biden, and the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on the introduction today of an important new ..."