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On the recordMarch 26, 2010
When the Oklahoma City bombing happened and we sent emergency funds to Oklahoma City, we paid for them. We decreased spending somewhere else to pay for that spending. His point falls on a flat wall because when we had an urgency such as that in 1995, we paid for it.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Mar 26, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing funding responses to emergencies, specifically referencing the Oklahoma City bombing.

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