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Thomas E. Petri: “I understand it is an authorization, but we had the senior member of the committee from my State and others in the…”

On the recordApril 1, 1998
I understand it is an authorization, but we had the senior member of the committee from my State and others in the authorization committee, appropriation committee, which would have to actually appropriate money, saying that this was taking away from priorities that they felt were important. Now we are adding to their burden, I think. But I would be interested to see how they vote on this amendment because if they really are concerned and consistent, this would receive a ``no'' vote, not a ``yes'' vote from those gentlemen.
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Thomas E. Petri
Wisconsin
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Discussing concerns about budget priorities during a debate on an amendment.

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