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Dan Burton: “In answer to your question, I do not think anything is going to accelerate this until Mr. Chavez decides what he wants…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2006
In answer to your question, I do not think anything is going to accelerate this until Mr. Chavez decides what he wants to do, and Mr. Chavez was given, if the gentleman will let me finish, Mr. Chavez and you, my good friend, asked for us to give them an extension to July 8. We did that, and on July 8, they did not sign it, and they would not give us a date after that. You know that. So what we are trying to do is point out to the United States and the Venezuelan people that they reneged on their commitment.
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Dan Burton
Indiana
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