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Pete Stark: I ask the gentleman from Arizona, who is on the Committee on Appropriations, while this may not come before his…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1998
I ask the gentleman from Arizona, who is on the Committee on Appropriations, while this may not come before his subcommittee, is he aware of other times when we have appropriated money to pay legal fees for officers or employees of the executive branch of the government in cases like this?
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Pete Stark
California

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Questioning the appropriations for legal fees for executive branch employees.

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