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Article: U.S. SENATORS TOM COBURN (R-OK) AND BARACK OBAMA (D-IL) HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EFFORTS
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- September 14, 2005
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SENATORS OBAMA AND COBURN HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF
SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR TOM COBURN (R-OK)
U.S. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA (D-IL)
U.S. SENATOR THOMAS CARPER (D-DE)
[*] COBURN: Thank you for being here.
Myself and Senator Obama today are introducing legislation called the Oversee Act to accomplish two main purposes.
One is this tremendous amount of money that is going to be required in the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina. We need to make sure the money goes to where it's needed.
The other thing is, we need to make sure it's procured properly.
And ...