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Sam Gejdenson: I hope that he will do everything he said here today to try to add funding. Clearly, the R&D function is woefully…

On the recordJuly 29, 1998
I hope that he will do everything he said here today to try to add funding. Clearly, the R&D function is woefully underfunded. And I would also hope that we would give the Coast Guard some latitude within its budget to move funds around as well in this kind of very tight situation.
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Sam Gejdenson
Connecticut

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Addressing funding issues for the Coast Guard during a discussion on budget allocations.

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