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On the recordFebruary 6, 1995
Twenty billion dollars of American tax dollars, and there was not a vote in the Congress of the United States. Is that what you are telling me?
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Gene Taylor
Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the lack of Congressional approval for a significant expenditure.

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