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Jay Rockefeller: That is correct. I think I understand what the Senator is also asking. And that is, if it is a 1-year program, we are…

On the recordMay 16, 2002
That is correct. I think I understand what the Senator is also asking. And that is, if it is a 1-year program, we are only talking about 10 years. I would be happy to hand over a chart exactly of what is proposed. In fact, the funding is zero for this year, 86 for next year, 25 for following, 15, 16, 2, and then there is a series of just dots and dashes, not contemplating that there will be anything in the succeeding 10 years. That is what it was done for. It was done for 10 years.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Discussing the funding timeline for a proposed program.

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