Under the Senator's amendment--I wish to make sure I read it correctly--if a local jurisdiction--planning and zoning--decided to condemn some land or to take land for a park, if the amendment were adopted and put into law, that would mean that jurisdiction, whatever that jurisdiction is--it could be a county or a State--couldn't even get any money for education. No title I money for education. They could not get special education money. Let's say, money for special education, they wouldn't be able to get that either; is that a correct reading? For 5 years, they couldn't get that?
Tom Harkin: “Under the Senator's amendment--I wish to make sure I read it correctly--if a local jurisdiction--planning and…”
On the recordDecember 13, 2007
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Questioning the implications of an amendment related to local jurisdiction funding during a Senate debate.
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