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Dirk Kempthorne: “Therefore, based upon that action by Congress, by the executive branch as affirmed by the judicial branch, the Supreme…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1997
Therefore, based upon that action by Congress, by the executive branch as affirmed by the judicial branch, the Supreme Court, we are bound by a national policy that we not use Federal money except in those cases that I cited.
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Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho

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Discussing the use of Federal money in relation to a national policy.

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