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Kendrick Meek: “I hate to go against my friend from Ohio, but all day long I have stood on the floor here to go against people taking a…”

On the recordApril 6, 2000
I hate to go against my friend from Ohio, but all day long I have stood on the floor here to go against people taking a run on CDBG moneys. Even though it is a special purpose grant, I am pretty sure it is very much needed and deserved, so it is in all the other districts throughout the country. We all have needs. I am sure the gentleman from Ohio is expressing the needs of his area. But I came to say that when we begin to deal with income and moving income eligibility around and placing new programs without additional money, we run into trouble. So the special purpose grants, $35 million, that would fund maybe 25 programs throughout the country. With that I want to be sure that this amendment is defeated.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Opposing an amendment related to Community Development Block Grant funding.

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