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David Obey: essentially what I am trying to do is to eliminate six C-130-J airplanes from this bill because we can save $10 million…

On the recordJune 13, 1996
essentially what I am trying to do is to eliminate six C-130-J airplanes from this bill because we can save $10 million a year by waiting until next year to buy the same six planes.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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Discussing an amendment to eliminate funding for C-130-J airplanes to save costs.

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