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David Obey: Thirty seconds is all I need. I would simply point out that money was taken from the fire fighting account because that…

On the recordJuly 21, 1998
Thirty seconds is all I need. I would simply point out that money was taken from the fire fighting account because that was where money was intentionally parked by the committee, which they knew was above the amount that they were going to be asked to be spent on that item anyway. So we took the money from the account that the gentleman's own committee leadership planned to take it from to do the very thing that we did. I do not know how we can be blamed for that.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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Discussing budget allocations during a debate on funding.

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