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James T. Callahan: “it is my intention in just a second to yield back, but I yield myself such time as I may consume to briefly explain that…”

On the recordNovember 12, 1997
it is my intention in just a second to yield back, but I yield myself such time as I may consume to briefly explain that the President requested $16.8 billion, and the House passed $12.26 billion. The Senate sent us a message of $16.8 billion, and the conference resolved it at $13.1 billion, but the net appropriation is $12.7 billion, very close to what we passed in the House. Some of the remarks that were made about the IMF, as well as the U.N. problem, have great merit and I do not deny that. But once again, this is the foreign operations appropriation bill. We are cutting the President's request by $4 billion. That is basically where we were. At this time, Mr. Speaker, I ask for a favorable vote.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma
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Discussing the foreign operations appropriation bill and funding levels during a House floor debate.

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