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On the recordJuly 18, 2001
that is why we opposed the Hinchey amendment last night that proposed to take $73 million out of the Bureau of Prisons for that very reason. I think the gentleman is right.
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Tom Wolf
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Opposing the Hinchey amendment regarding funding for the Bureau of Prisons.

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