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Timothy Roemer: “However, as she started out the debate on this issue, she said, we as members of the committee have access, the 16 of…”

On the recordMay 22, 2000
However, as she started out the debate on this issue, she said, we as members of the committee have access, the 16 of us, and all 435 members, have access if they want. This amendment is not about that access of Members of Congress. Sometimes we think we are pretty smart; we think we know and have a lot of the answers. This is about providing one simple piece of information to the people that work hard every day to fund the overall budget, and then they get one ray of sunshine to know how the intelligence budget fits into the overall budget.
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Timothy Roemer
Indiana
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Discussing the importance of transparency in the intelligence budget during a committee debate.

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