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Maxwell Frost: “Mr. Speaker, perhaps the previous speaker was confused. Perhaps he did not realize that this supplemental bill has money…”

On the recordJune 20, 2001
Mr. Speaker, perhaps the previous speaker was confused. Perhaps he did not realize that this supplemental bill has money in it for this fiscal year. We are talking about the fiscal year that is currently in process, fiscal year 2001, and it is the money that the Republicans sought to strip from this bill. They now have a bizarre scheme to back the money back in, but are taking it out of other domestic programs, like Head Start and community policing. We are just saying, do the right thing, the rational thing: just permit the money to be restored. It is an emergency. Do not take it out of other programs.
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Maxwell Frost
Democratic · Florida
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Addressing funding issues in a supplemental bill during House floor debate.

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