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Jasper Packard: “We certainly do wish and we hope that we could take care of the gentleman's problem in conference, and I assure him that…”

On the recordJune 27, 2000
We certainly do wish and we hope that we could take care of the gentleman's problem in conference, and I assure him that we will make every effort to do so. The $100,000 is not a great deal of money; and if we get additional funds, we may be able to take care of it.
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Jasper Packard
Republican · Indiana

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Discussing funding issues during a conference.

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