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Cord Byrd: “There is $225 million in this package to jump-start the effort to upgrade those computers. They are the instruments of…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2001
There is $225 million in this package to jump-start the effort to upgrade those computers. They are the instruments of communication between and among the FBI and the other agencies. It is a dire need, and it should be met now, not next spring.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing funding for upgrading communication systems for the FBI and other agencies.

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