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On the recordJanuary 25, 1996
my answer to the gentleman is that when the Democrats in the Senate will vote this bill through the Senate and we can go to conference and send the bill to the President, then we can get all the funding that the conference will allow.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Discussing the need for Senate Democrats to pass a bill for funding.

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