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Tom Harkin: “I answer to my friend from Mississippi that all of the items in our amendment are direct appropriations for next year.…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1999
I answer to my friend from Mississippi that all of the items in our amendment are direct appropriations for next year. The only items that are not are the Cotton Step Two Export Program, and that is scored by CBO at $439 million for 3 years, and the adjustment to the payment limitations.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing appropriations and budget items during a Senate debate.

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