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Dan Burton: Now I do not understand what the gentleman is saying there. He is saying that he is below the President's request. I got…

On the recordJune 5, 1996
Now I do not understand what the gentleman is saying there. He is saying that he is below the President's request. I got the President's request for developmental assistance here in front of me, and it says $1,006,000,000, and the gentleman has got $1,150,000,000 in the bill.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing discrepancies in funding levels during a debate on developmental assistance.

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