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On the recordMay 6, 2008
Essentially, we didn't have the funding in place to support a paid-for disaster bill. Later, negotiations between House and Senate negotiators, and I have been right in the middle of it, found ways to fund the bill, and at that point in time, the disaster title came back in.
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Earl Pomeroy
North Dakota

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Discussing funding for a disaster bill during House floor debate.

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