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Kendrick Meek: You know, a mayor of a U.S. city has to carry out accountability for Federal money; State governments have to account…

On the recordMay 1, 2007
You know, a mayor of a U.S. city has to carry out accountability for Federal money; State governments have to account for the dollars and the progress of programs, block grant dollars, that we send to the States. Here on U.S. soil, they have to be accountable to the Federal Government. If they are not accountable, they may very well lose, what? Federal funding.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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Discussing accountability for federal funding at the city and state levels.

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