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Sanford Bishop: as the gentlewoman is aware, we had hearings in the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and I think the Secretary appeared…

On the recordMarch 14, 1995
as the gentlewoman is aware, we had hearings in the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and I think the Secretary appeared and indicated that he had not been consulted, and I think that the committee records would reveal that probably there were no consultations from the authorizing committee. This was something that happened sui sponte. There was no consultation at all, and I think, as the gentlewoman alludes to it, this was the old-fashioned way of doing things, and apparently that is what we are faced with.
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia

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Discussing the lack of consultation in the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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