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Jim Sensenbrenner: “So what you are telling the Committee is from now on in we shouldn't believe any early estimates before we start…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2011
So what you are telling the Committee is from now on in we shouldn't believe any early estimates before we start appropriating money, and we should get an actual proposal and see what is going to happen based on that?
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Sensenbrenner emphasizes the need for reliable cost estimates before funding decisions.

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