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Jerry Lewis: Indeed, with the last amendment that we passed, the Thune amendment, if we adopted this amendment, that would take the…

On the recordMay 15, 1997
Indeed, with the last amendment that we passed, the Thune amendment, if we adopted this amendment, that would take the emergency account down to $700 million and put us in a position where, at the very time when America should be coming together on behalf of those people who are impacted by these floods, we would be undermining that opportunity and that responsibility by way of this amendment. So it is with great reluctance and a continuing commitment to moving towards balancing the budget, but with great reluctance, I must oppose very strongly the Neumann amendment.
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Jerry Lewis
California

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Opposing an amendment related to FEMA funding during a House Appropriations Committee discussion.

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