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Chris Dodd: I promise, there are people planning it. They are planning it as we sit here today. Whether it is a nuclear powerplant…

On the recordJuly 24, 2003
I promise, there are people planning it. They are planning it as we sit here today. Whether it is a nuclear powerplant, whether it is a major office building, whether it is a recreational facility, they are doing it. I don't like saying that, but I can't say anything less to my colleagues because that is the conclusion of people who have spent hours and days and weeks examining all of this and telling us. I have never offered an amendment of this magnitude. This is almost $15 billion. I have never offered anything quite like this. But I have never felt as concerned and as worried about a situation as I am about this one.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing national security concerns and a significant amendment related to funding.

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