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C. W. Bill Young: “I want to assure my very distinguished friend and colleague from Florida that we understand that there are many expenses…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2004
I want to assure my very distinguished friend and colleague from Florida that we understand that there are many expenses that will need to be covered, but we do not know exactly what they are yet; so this is really a stopgap to keep the cash flowing to Florida today. But we will revisit this and the President has acknowledged that he would be asking for an additional supplemental once those figures are available to us. We are going to move quickly. I appreciate the gentleman's comments.
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C. W. Bill Young
Republican · Florida
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Discussing funding for expenses related to Florida during a congressional session.

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