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James Traficant: “Mr. Speaker, no Federal funds will be used for the construction of this project. In addition, the State of Virginia will…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1996
Mr. Speaker, no Federal funds will be used for the construction of this project. In addition, the State of Virginia will be contributing to infrastructure construction and access roads. Finally, the board of regents of the Smithsonian have committed to an aggressive fund-raising program for the remainder of these necessary funds, and would make the University of Nebraska football program look meager in its wake. We support this legislation. We commend the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Shuster] here at the end of our session for all the fine work he has done, and the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Gilchrest] and staff as well.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing support for a project and its funding sources during a House floor speech.

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