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Mark Hatfield: “We have no precise figures at this moment. We are dependent upon a couple of agencies from the executive branch of…”

On the recordApril 6, 1995
We have no precise figures at this moment. We are dependent upon a couple of agencies from the executive branch of government to provide such figures. We do not keep the books in that sense. We are now at a level of commitment in this report that we feel will be sufficient to cover any current commitments, obligations, or pipeline. Until we can get that precise figure we cannot answer that part of your question. I can answer your question in the sense, does this have any kind of a base of commitment for 1996, or 1997, and I could say on that, 'No, it makes no basic commitment for 1996.' We will review 1996 in a totally different context.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon
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Discussing budget commitments and figures during a congressional hearing.

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