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On the recordFebruary 14, 1995
If we are going to block grant money for prevention and for police, I want that money to go to you, the cities in this country, not somewhere else. You are the ones on the front lines. You are the people that have got to show results. And I think you are well equipped to try to figure out what to do with the money. I rest my case.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Discussing the allocation of block grant money for prevention and police funding.

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