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On the recordApril 28, 2009
And I hope that you will remember always the importance of this legislative prerogative. And it is not just a prerogative. It is a requirement.
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia

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Bishop asserts the necessity of legislative prerogative in appropriations.

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