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Jon Fox: “If they had come back and they had shown us that they had followed the restrictions, including the new one that my…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1997
If they had come back and they had shown us that they had followed the restrictions, including the new one that my colleague, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton], will offer later, then we could consider increasing the funds in future years. But nothing will serve better to get that message across that this Congress is serious about not wanting to fund politically oriented litigation than going through with the committee funding level, reducing the amount from previous years, and letting them know we are very serious.
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Jon Fox
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing funding restrictions for a program during a committee meeting.

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