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Chaka Fattah: “Reclaiming my time, let me say: Let's work through it. We can work together. The chairman has given you his assurances…”

On the recordMay 29, 2014
Reclaiming my time, let me say: Let's work through it. We can work together. The chairman has given you his assurances that he will work with you, but there is no possibility that we can afford to cut this agency by 20 percent. I need to oppose this amendment. We would love to work with you to get you the answers because you are not trying to punish OSTP, you are trying to get legitimate answers to legitimate questions, and we want to help you and facilitate that.
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania
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govinfo.gov
May 29, 2014

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