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Patricia Schroeder: “First of all, if the gentleman is saying we are going to have a very significant amount of money taken away if my…”

On the recordMay 22, 1996
First of all, if the gentleman is saying we are going to have a very significant amount of money taken away if my amendment passes and we freeze it at this year's level, what we are really admitting is we are really giving that agency a huge increase but we cannot say that money. But second, my question is, Is the gentleman telling us the entire $4 billion that we just found and talked about in the press a week ago, has that all been expended already?
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Questioning funding allocations during a debate on an amendment.

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