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Steny Hoyer: “I do not know if he was speaking about me, I did not offer this amendment; but I will tell my friend, A, this is an…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2001
I do not know if he was speaking about me, I did not offer this amendment; but I will tell my friend, A, this is an amendment that was offered by the administration in its budget to shift the objective of spending from one account to the other. This amendment says the Secretary of the Navy cannot pay the bill. That is not the amendment that was offered by the administration. You know that. This amendment is being offered to try and embarrass the Vice President because some people around here think the administration does not have an energy policy. Well, we do have an energy policy, and we are going to debate it next week.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing an amendment related to the administration's budget and energy policy.

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