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Jeff Bingaman: It leaves the funding at the level the administration requested, which is $29 million, but it would delete the initial…

On the recordJuly 10, 1997
It leaves the funding at the level the administration requested, which is $29 million, but it would delete the initial $118 million that was added by the committee.
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Discussing funding levels during a Senate debate.

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