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Bob Dole: “We changed it about an hour ago. As I understand it, it is more than halfway to where the Senator was with his amendment…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1995
We changed it about an hour ago. As I understand it, it is more than halfway to where the Senator was with his amendment the other day. We checked it with some others, and they think this is a very generous, responsible offer. That would be $8 billion over 5 years set aside for child care.
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Bob Dole
Kansas

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Discussing a proposed amendment related to child care funding.

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