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Timothy Roemer: “I am sure the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Wamp] would identify Oak Ridge as a stellar laboratory. The problem around…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1995
I am sure the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Wamp] would identify Oak Ridge as a stellar laboratory. The problem around here, Mr. Walker, is everybody thinks they have a stellar one, so we do not cut anybody's anything around here, and what I am saying is we got to make some tough choices----
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Timothy Roemer
Indiana

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Discussing budgetary priorities and the need for tough choices in funding.

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