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David Skaggs: The gentleman is correct, in support of removing the cap that is now in the bill on the declassification operations of…

On the recordSeptember 13, 1995
The gentleman is correct, in support of removing the cap that is now in the bill on the declassification operations of individual agencies, and as the gentleman knows, the amounts that might be involved in the environmental task force, compared to the overall size of what we are talking about in the budget, is fractions of hundredths of percents. If the gentleman is intent on pointing out an inconsistency in my position on this in the technical sense, he is probably correct. In a practical sense, I really do not think so.
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David Skaggs
Colorado

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Discussing the declassification operations and budget implications during a House debate.

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