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Dick Lugar: “I ask the Senator, is it his intent to bring about an authorization for this so-called LAP program, which leads to this…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2002
I ask the Senator, is it his intent to bring about an authorization for this so-called LAP program, which leads to this point, as the Senator has pointed out, that it has usually been the result of the appropriations process and a disaster bill on an ad hoc basis?
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Questioning the authorization process for the LAP program during Senate debate.

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