Bill Pascrell: “I think that this change is in order and is something that all the…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2000

I think that this change is in order and is something that all the sides have agreed upon. We should move quickly as our first down payment on what we will hope will be the beginning of a series of responses to the 32,000 fire departments and the hundreds of thousands of fire fighters in America. So I want to commend all of those who worked through the night to put this together, and I believe it is absolutely necessary that we do this to get it done.

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Bill Pascrell

Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing support for funding fire departments and firefighters.

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