the Chair is not rising to a point of order on the substance because the Chair supports the substance; it is the manner in which it is being carried in an appropriations bill. The Chair wishes to work with the chairman very closely to make sure that this position represented in the legislative portion of the appropriations bill is included in a legislative vehicle that will be before us fairly soon.
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