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Jack Kingston: I wanted to explain to my friend about it. I am uncertain about this current amendment, but that departmental account…

On the recordJune 14, 2011
I wanted to explain to my friend about it. I am uncertain about this current amendment, but that departmental account, as unglamorous as they are to all of us, has been cut about 15 percent, and then this cuts it, and then your food safety amendment will cut it as well. So that is what my dilemma is at the moment. I don't know if anybody over there has actually heard from the department. I am assuming they are going to be against it. Also I want to point out to my friend that one of the things that I think our authorizing friends should do is combine this program with food stamps anyhow, because there is duplication and overlap. I yield to the gentleman from California.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia
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Jun 14, 2011

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