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Porter Goss: reclaiming my time, I take the gentleman at his word. We are trying to expedite a good idea, and I have seen 2 weeks…

On the recordJune 6, 1996
reclaiming my time, I take the gentleman at his word. We are trying to expedite a good idea, and I have seen 2 weeks stretch into many years at the White House. Let us hope that we can preclude that.
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Porter Goss
Florida

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Discussing the need to expedite a proposal during a House floor debate.

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