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On the recordMay 4, 1994
I think that raises an interesting point, because what the gentleman is now suggesting is exactly what I said before, that we are engaging in wish-list politics out here, because he cites the $100 million and then suggests that in this one bill for this one agency that $50 million of that money ought to be usurped. The fact is that bill covers NASA. It covers the energy projects at the Department of Energy. It covers a very vast budget well beyond the National Science Foundation, and in one fell swoop it is suggested we should come out here and simply usurp $50 million for a budget bill that has yet to pass either House. We know the budget bill on which the gentleman from New York is relying has passed this House. The budget conference report has yet to pass either House. Even if it passes, the fact is there is only $100 million there to work with, of which the gentleman wants to take 50.
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Robert Walker
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Discussing budget allocations and the implications of proposed funding changes.

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