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Roger Marshall: we have an amendment that proposes to cut $20 million, pardon me, cut $24 million from the Office of the Under Secretary…

On the recordMay 25, 2006
we have an amendment that proposes to cut $20 million, pardon me, cut $24 million from the Office of the Under Secretary of Management and add $20 million to the employment verification program. CBO has scored it. We have been told that that is the appropriate amount to reduce the management budget by. I thought this amendment was at the desk. I am not somebody who delivered it for the purposes of this. But we should have an amendment at the desk that provides to reduce by $24 million the management budget, and increase by $20 million the budget for the Employment Eligibility Verification Program. CBO says that is the appropriate scoring. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to withdrawal of the current amendment? There was no objection. Amendment Offered by Mr. Marshall
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