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Transcript: SENATORS FEINSTEIN AND BOXER BEAT BACK EFFORT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE PREVENTING COMMERCIALIZATION OF WEST LOS ANGELES VA SITE
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- Capitol Hill Press Releases
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- September 5, 2007
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Capitol Hill Press Releases
09-05-2007
For Immediate Release: Senators Feinstein and Boxer Beat Back Effort to
Strike Language Preventing Commercialization of West Los Angeles VA Site
Contact: Scott Gerber (202) 224-9629 September 5, 2007 Washington, DC -
The U.S. Senate tonight rejected an amendment to an appropriations bill
that would have stripped language sponsored by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
(D-Calif.) prohibiting the Department of Veterans Affairs from allowing
commercial development at its West Los Angeles Medical Center site. The
Senate rejected the amendment offered by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) on a
vote of 66 to 25. "Today, the Senate resisted attempts to commercialize
this site, ...