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George H.W. Bush: “I think when the Congress appropriated the money for it, I think it was estimated to be $41,000 an hour. Now it's being…”

On the recordApril 10, 1992
I think when the Congress appropriated the money for it, I think it was estimated to be $41,000 an hour. Now it's being operated at--for some reason, don't ask me to explain it--at $25,000 an hour, which is a tremendous amount of money. So it's not a year, it's an hour.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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