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Thomas E. Petri: Reclaiming my time, there is mutual suspicion, obviously, in this. But the report language accompanying the bill that we…

On the recordJuly 24, 1997
Reclaiming my time, there is mutual suspicion, obviously, in this. But the report language accompanying the bill that we are considering today does contain language providing for continued spending on the project. My amendment was an effort to overcome that support language and provide for what we regard as a more neutral field. And, hopefully, there will be some discussions before this comes out of conference and maybe the whole thing can be resolved at that point, I think, we have identified the area of difference.
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Thomas E. Petri
Wisconsin

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Discussing an amendment related to spending on a project during a legislative session.

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