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Joseph T. Burns: “This amendment provides for $400 million under consequential emergency conditions. It is not offset. We want to thank…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2003
This amendment provides for $400 million under consequential emergency conditions. It is not offset. We want to thank the administration and the folks down at OMB. We have been working very hard with them. As this moves, we are asking that the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior get out their pencils and give us the number. This number could go up slightly. It could go down by the time the conference is over because that is where it will be settled. I urge its adoption.
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Joseph T. Burns
Ohio
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Discussing an amendment for emergency funding during a congressional session.

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