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Pete Sessions: And they chose to exercise that option. I think this body has the right to say we don't think we should exercise the…

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
And they chose to exercise that option. I think this body has the right to say we don't think we should exercise the next option; at least we are not going to fund it.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing funding decisions in Congress.

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