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On the recordJuly 11, 1997
Even if we secure the full $147 million in conference, as I hope we do, the fiscal year 1998 authorization is significantly less than the administration request. Does the failure to authorize TWRS funding at the administration's request level in any way suggest that Congress is backing away from the TWRS privatization project?
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

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Discussing funding for the TWRS privatization project during a congressional session.

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