House Appropriations Committee

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    “Mrs. Susan Hart Neville: “Oh, Mr. President, it is so good of you to call on me. Won’t you please walk into the parlor and sit down?”
    President Wilson: “I haven’t time to sit down. Your house is on fire.””
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

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