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Joel Hefley: “Unfortunately we are not as critical of this program as we would be of some of the others to see if it is really working…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1997
Unfortunately we are not as critical of this program as we would be of some of the others to see if it is really working well because it is too good for our reelection efforts. We live in a culture where we are judged by how much we are able to take back home. The Department of Commerce Inspector General issued a semiannual report earlier this year and could not even express a opinion on the financial position of EDA because it has too many inadequacies in its internal control structure. The I.G. also identified many specific examples of grants that either should not have been made or that just did not work the way they were supposed to, just did not work. So, yes, I do not have any illusions that this amendment is probably going to pass tonight; sometime it will, I think, but maybe not tonight because it is too good a bottomless pit for us to take money out of and take back home, whether it works or not.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado
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Discussing concerns about the effectiveness and oversight of the Economic Development Administration.

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