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Jeff Flake: Congressman David Obey, D-Wisconsin, announced December 12 that the Great Lakes Maritime Institute, the joint effort of…

On the recordSeptember 28, 2006
Congressman David Obey, D-Wisconsin, announced December 12 that the Great Lakes Maritime Institute, the joint effort of the University of Wisconsin-Superior and the University of Minnesota-Duluth, will receive $2 million in Federal funding. I believe that that is now the identified home of the Institute and, therefore, receiving money year after year would, I believe, be defined as an earmark for that purpose.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing federal funding for the Great Lakes Maritime Institute.

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