08/08/1989
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"The House is respectfully urged to support Space Station Freedom and provide additional funding for HOPE homeownership grants."
"And so, I want to thank you all and ask that you keep -- as Morris generously said -- those in the decisionmaking process, keep us in your prayers."
"The House is urged in the strongest terms to restore funding for Space Station Freedom."
"Federal assistance to the District now totals over $3.1 billion — a per capita support level that exceeds the amount received by any other jurisdiction."