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Pete Domenici: “That is correct. Two bills, military construction, commonly known as MilCon, and the defense appropriations bill. The…”

On the recordJuly 29, 1996
That is correct. Two bills, military construction, commonly known as MilCon, and the defense appropriations bill. The rest of it is in there. But $500 million of the $12 billion went to DOE defense. And that can include nuclear weapons activities, but it can also include nuclear cleanup, which, incidentally, the Senator has so described here that everybody should look at.
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Discussing funding allocations in military construction and defense appropriations bills.

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