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Edward Livingston: “At this point, there is nothing really that the gentleman can do except to clarify the record that it was not the intent…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
At this point, there is nothing really that the gentleman can do except to clarify the record that it was not the intent of the Congress when this legislation first went through in fiscal year 1995 that the $65 million would be used for anything other than the cancer treatment center.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Clarifying the intent of Congress regarding funding for a cancer treatment center.

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