Zoe Lofgren: “Very briefly, although in a sense this is analogous to the plan in last year's bill that provides for a comprehensive…”

“Very briefly, although in a sense this is analogous to the plan in last year's bill that provides for a comprehensive plan as a condition precedent to receive the funds, but only in the limited circumstance where a city gets a disproportionate amount of money compared to a county, the intent is for those two entities to work it out as they would have in last year's crime bill, in a comprehensive plan, to make sure that the system works. I will give the gentleman an example. Mr. Chairman, I understand that under this formula, Chicago would get in the neighborhood of $60 million, and Cook County would get $700,000. Cook County is not going to be able to prosecute all the people that Chicago arrests unless they get together and figure out what they are going to do as a unit, so that is in the city's interest, it is in the county's interest, it is in the citizens' interests, and I think the precedent was really set last year.”