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Alan B. Mollohan: I understand that, but the gentleman understands, because he is a real student of this, that the dollars are just too…

On the recordJuly 30, 2001
I understand that, but the gentleman understands, because he is a real student of this, that the dollars are just too far in excess of the authorization and that complying with both paragraph one and paragraph two is impossible.
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Alan B. Mollohan
West Virginia

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Discussing budgetary concerns related to authorization limits.

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