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Mark Hatfield: “The Senator supported it, and in this package it is $272 million, the precise same figure that the Senator supported in…”

On the recordJune 30, 1995
The Senator supported it, and in this package it is $272 million, the precise same figure that the Senator supported in the Daschle-Dole compromise.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon

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Discussing funding in relation to a previous compromise during Senate debate.

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