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On the recordFebruary 15, 1995
In no way is this amendment intended to affect either a national missile, continental ground-based national missile defense system or--in fact, if anything it is intended to help save more money to put into theater missile defense instead of putting it into star wars.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Discussing an amendment related to missile defense funding.

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