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Thomas Daschle: “I applaud the action taken this morning. I believe that providing the District of Columbia with the confidence of…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
I applaud the action taken this morning. I believe that providing the District of Columbia with the confidence of knowing that they will have the appropriate operating funds to continue at least through the 25th of January is very important. I talked to the Mayor this morning, and he urged that this be done. I am pleased that, again on a bipartisan basis, the Senate has agreed to take at least one of the many outstanding problems out of the mix and deal with it directly.
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing funding for the District of Columbia during Senate proceedings.

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