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On the recordFebruary 26, 2004
Last year we went back and forth to add $1.6 billion to the administration's budget request for fiscal year 2004.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Feb 26, 2004

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Leahy discusses past budget adjustments for Veterans Affairs.

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