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Jerry Lewis: I want Members to know that this year we have been operating in a different environment. Lou Stokes and I have long been…

On the recordJune 25, 1996
I want Members to know that this year we have been operating in a different environment. Lou Stokes and I have long been very, very close friends and are most pleased to say that we have produced a product that very much reflects the bipartisan spirit that was a part of the life of our colleague who we have all shared thoughts about today. So, Mr. Chairman, I am very pleased to present H.R. 3666, the VA-HUD independent agencies appropriations bill for the fiscal year 1997.
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Jerry Lewis
California

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Discussing the bipartisan efforts on the VA-HUD appropriations bill for fiscal year 1997.

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