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On the recordMay 17, 2000
Mr. Chairman, this is vital to our national security, and I have to tell my colleagues that, as a representative of the people who have given their lives to this facility, it is important to their lives, and I want to really thank all my colleagues very much for the hard work they have put in, and thanks again to the ranking member for yielding me this time.
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John Parker Sweeney
New York

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Discussing the importance of a facility to national security.

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