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Pete Stark: But has the Committee on Appropriations ever appropriated any money? There is a case where the Committee on…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1998
But has the Committee on Appropriations ever appropriated any money? There is a case where the Committee on Appropriations appropriated $430,000 to pay for the White House travel office. How does that differ in a sense technically from the money the gentleman is talking about spending?
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Pete Stark
California

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Questioning the appropriations process during a debate.

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