07/26/1999
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"It is unacceptable that the Committee chose to fund 42 low priority projects and programs at a cost of $303 million that are not even in the Department of Defense long range plan."
"I was asked to give testimony; I did that."
"Nothing we can do will ever fully repay the Vietnam veterans for all they gave and all they lost, particularly those who have been damaged by Agent Orange."
"I did what I was asked to do, and now I've got to go back to work."