the gentleman is a member of the subcommittee which I chair on the Committee on Appropriations, and the gentleman knows that Indian health has been cut by $250 million. Where are we going to get the money to make up that necessary sum?
Discussing funding cuts to Indian health during a Committee on Appropriations meeting.
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