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Jim Nussle: “Has the gentlewoman heard, and I have been hearing some confusion over our numbers, the Senate numbers, the Principi…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2004
Has the gentlewoman heard, and I have been hearing some confusion over our numbers, the Senate numbers, the Principi numbers, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and I commend the gentlewoman for her work in offering that amendment to increase my committee mark so that we go to a level that the Secretary had requested. But has the gentlewoman heard the same confusion over the numbers that the Senate finally passed off the floor in their budget?
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Jim Nussle
Iowa

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Discussing budget numbers related to veterans' affairs during a House floor debate.

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