Dale Bumpers: “Under the rule of thumb, I come from a State that has 1 percent of the…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1997

Under the rule of thumb, I come from a State that has 1 percent of the Nation's population. When I was Governor of that State we used to always assume that under all the formulas, welfare and otherwise, we would get 1 percent, because we have 1 percent of the population. In this case, if we had $34 million and we put it out on that basis, Arkansas would get $340,000. I don't think that would be enough to even get the water hot, in enforcing this law.

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Discussing funding allocation for Arkansas in relation to national population during a debate.

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