06/24/2009
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"I remember talking about this on the floor. What if we are wrong on this? And sure enough, we were wrong."
"It might help if the appropriators can give us some flexibility, so we can spend 2018 money in 2019."
"Stable funding over time at the right amount, with paying attention to our people, will get us out of the hole."
"We know what has happened to us with our 17 years of sustained fighting."