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On the recordMarch 22, 1999
I will be monitoring the progress of the development of the national missile defense system to ensure that it does not become a reckless waste of the American taxpayer's money.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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Commitment to oversight of missile defense spending.

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