Without a disaster assistance declaration from the Governor, followed by a similar declaration from the President, Michigan or any other State cannot access funds under this supplemental appropriations bill.
Discussing the requirements for disaster assistance funding during a House debate.
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Mr. Speaker, one of the delights of this process, preparing for this bill, has been to go back through the process of the past and look at some of the protestations and expressions of concern by my colleague, now the chairman of the full…
I very much appreciate our chairman yielding. I, too, want to express our deepest gratitude to Dale Oak and his family for the years and years of work and sacrifice they have put in on our behalf. As the chairman indicated, Dale has worked…
But in the meantime, we are talking about regular order, trying to change the appropriations process so it makes sense, not destroy our committee. I would suggest we are on a pathway to destroy this committee.
I just might mention that during the time that the chairman and I have worked together in the Appropriations Committee, we have talked many a time about process where we both happen to think it is very important. But the fact is that all…
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