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Tom Coburn: is it not true that the original House- passed bill had $4 billion in defense spending in it which is not in this bill…

On the recordJune 29, 2000
is it not true that the original House- passed bill had $4 billion in defense spending in it which is not in this bill that was moved to the Defense Appropriations bill?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Questioning changes in defense spending in a bill during a debate.

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