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Pete Domenici: “I say to the Senator, as I indicated, I do not doubt it has wonderful provisions in it. I have read them. I come from…”

On the recordApril 18, 2002
I say to the Senator, as I indicated, I do not doubt it has wonderful provisions in it. I have read them. I come from the border, and I confirm that they are all good; our border people would like to have them. I just want to make sure we understand that there is no money provided in this bill. So the public will get the story today or tomorrow that we passed this bill, but 3 or 4 months from now, when the appropriations bill comes that funds these kinds of activities, the Appropriations Committee has to have the money or we will just have another bill that expresses, in beautiful words, what we would like to have happen for our country. Is that about right?
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing the lack of funding in a bill related to border provisions.

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