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Pete Domenici: “But I want to tell the Senator thanks for all he has done while he has been here. You have been, as you were in the…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2000
But I want to tell the Senator thanks for all he has done while he has been here. You have been, as you were in the military, a hero; you have taken some tough stands. While not a budgeteer, as I am, you have chosen to express yourself many times in terms of the great concern you have for the outyear, the long-term effect of some of our entitlement programs, and actually you have expressed yourself that maybe appropriations are not getting enough money. That is perception, with reference to the Federal Government, of a very, very right kind.
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Expressing gratitude to a fellow senator for their service and concerns about entitlement programs.

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