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On the recordFebruary 15, 1995
let me tell my colleagues also that two representatives from two of our national nuclear laboratories were here last week stating that they can build a space system for about 50 percent more. That is about $7.5 billion. And that, once again, is roughly less than 1/100th of the defense budget on an annual basis and less than half of what we spend on environmental matters in the defense budget.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Discussing the cost of a proposed space system in relation to the defense budget.

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