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Tom Feeney: Reclaiming my time just to close on behalf of Mr. Rohrabacher's amendment, he is a great advocate, but I felt more…

On the recordJune 12, 2008
Reclaiming my time just to close on behalf of Mr. Rohrabacher's amendment, he is a great advocate, but I felt more comfortable after I heard from a bevy of the world's best astrophysicists that this is not only a real threat, but a real potential way to solve a threat to humankind. With that, I would urge my colleagues to support the Rohrabacher amendment.
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Tom Feeney
Republican · Florida

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Closing remarks in support of Mr. Rohrabacher's amendment regarding a scientific threat.

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