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Porter Goss: “I thank the gentleman, but here on the floor, in the people's House, for the people of the United States who pay the…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1997
I thank the gentleman, but here on the floor, in the people's House, for the people of the United States who pay the taxes that constitute this secret budget, we cannot know how much a 5-percent cut constitutes, so we cannot know whether it is prudent or imprudent. The gentleman said one other thing that particularly intrigued me, and this did concern me. He said the FBI would not be able to protect against international terrorists if this 5-percent cut went through. How much will be cut by this 5-percent cut from the budget of the FBI to combat international terrorism?
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Porter Goss
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Discussing the implications of a proposed 5-percent budget cut on FBI operations against international terrorism.

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