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James Oberstar: “the gentleman refers to a press release. We don't legislate by press releases here. Secondly, that statement was issued…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2006
the gentleman refers to a press release. We don't legislate by press releases here. Secondly, that statement was issued after the Secretary made a designation. After the Secretary made a designation. And participating in the Institute are the University of Toledo; the University of Wisconsin at Madison; the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, which is in Michigan; the University of Michigan; Michigan Tech University; and University of Minnesota-Duluth. This is a consortium of universities. But the legislation didn't designate where it should be located. That designation was left to the Secretary.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota
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Discussing the designation of universities involved in a legislative initiative.

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