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In 2003, the value of Airbuss orders was more than twice as much as Boeings.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Airbus
Boeing
Order
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In 2003, the value of Airbus's orders was more than twice as much as Boeing's.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Twice
Orders
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The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Government
Agency
Institute
Smithsonian
United States
Agencies
Popular
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In my own area, Hood Canal, we are working with the USGS on dealing with this oxygenation problem.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Hood
Canal
Dealing
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I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Great Day
Revolution
Towns
Million
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Mr. Chairman, obviously a $60 million cut in the National Endowment for the Arts would be a disaster.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Chairman
Disaster
Endowment
Mr
Cut
Million
Obviously
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More than 60,000 jobs have been lost in the commercial aviation industry in the United States since 1999.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Jobs
Aviation
United States
Commercial
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This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Art
Appreciate
Approval
Endowment
Funding
Good Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Arts
Seal
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We must be certain that the repair to the environment is sufficient to allow wild species to recover and survive.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Certain
Environment
Species
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The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Environmental
Decline
Endangered Species
Endangered Species Act
Harm
Species
Strongest
Tools
Most
Act
Causing
Effective
Endangered
Repair
Tool
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Overtime, hatchery fish tend to show signs of domestication and these traits adapted to the hatchery environment can make it more difficult to survive in the wild.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Adapted
Environment
Fishing
Lakes
Sea
Traits
Fish
Wild
Overtime
Signs
Survive
Tend
To Survive
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Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Design
Aggravation
Authority
Congress
Defense
Department
Last Year
Personnel
Years
Bill
Civilian
Employees
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We are also working on the restoration of salmon runs, and we are doing a new process of mass marking with these fish so we can tell the wild fish from the hatchery fish.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Running
Mass
Restoration
Salmon
Fish
Wild
Marking
Runs
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In fact, at Olympic National Park in my district, they 3 years ago had 130 summer employees they brought in for temporary work. This summer they have 25 because they cannot afford more.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Summer
Temporary
Years Ago
Afford
Brought
District
Employees
Fact
In Fact
National
National Park
Olympic
Park
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During the past 30 years, European governments have provided more than $15 billion in the form of low- and no-cost loans to Airbus for the specific purpose of developing new aircraft lines.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Government
Aircraft
Developing
Lines
Past
Purpose
Years
Billion
Governments
Loans
Low
Provided
Specific
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Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Airbus
Aircraft
British
Industry
Years
Years Ago
German
Commercial
Companies
French
Large
Spanish
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For all of us who have been involved in the recovery efforts to bring back and strengthen wild salmon runs, we fear that this change in policy could lead to further declines in these wild stocks.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Involved
Policy
Recovery
Salmon
Bring
Wild
Efforts
Lead
Further
Runs
Stocks
Strengthen
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The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Government
American Government
Believe
Competition
Damage
Firm
Illegal
Unfair
Time Government Believe
Curtail
Foreign
Occurred
Recognize
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These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Forgiveness
Government
Aircraft
Assistance
Cost
Debt
Range
Subsidies
Below
Capital
Develop
Governments
Include
Injections
Launch
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The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Country
Majority
Men And Women
Military
Party
Provision
Vote
Voting
Men Women Today
Judge
American People
Women Men Today
Out Here
Rule
Stricken
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What I did was sit down with the Washington State officials, with the historic preservation people, with the tribe, the local community, the port of Port Angeles, and we worked this thing out, and we protected the tribe's interest.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Historic
Local Community
Officials
Port
Preservation
Protected
Angeles
Washington
Local
Sit
Tribe
Worked
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So when people go to the park this summer, they are not going to have the same quality of a visit. There is not going to be a ranger out on the trail to tell them about the important cultural and historic areas within the Olympic National Park.
Norm Dicks / Former U.s. Representative
Historic
Important
People
Summer
Cultural
National Park
Olympic
Park
Ranger
Trail
Visit
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