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Byron Dorgan: Yes. I do not want something the Senator said a moment ago to stand here and be misinterpreted. The Senator indicated…

On the recordJune 10, 1997
Yes. I do not want something the Senator said a moment ago to stand here and be misinterpreted. The Senator indicated potential existed--in the past some kind of emergency provision--that it would not be $8.6 billion. I want to make clear--I assume you do not mean, as some have suggested on the other side, that, well, if we come back to disaster relief, the folks who are waiting for that relief are going to get a whole lot less relief because we are going to cut it. That has been the implication by some. Now, we have had agreement on the disaster package in this legislation. There has been no disagreement. Republicans and Democrats have agreed. We have put it in. It is done except it has not gotten through to the President for his signature. But I assume the Senator from Mississippi supports the full complement of disaster relief that is in the bill and is not in any way saying that he would at some point revisit and diminish the amount of disaster relief in the bill. Could you clear that up?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Addressing concerns about disaster relief funding during a legislative discussion.

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