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Edward Livingston: “This funding would be more than what was in that conference report. The gentleman is correct that while we provide for…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1996
This funding would be more than what was in that conference report. The gentleman is correct that while we provide for the conference levels of funding for most programs, several of those programs which were terminated or slotted for termination, such as the one the gentleman mentioned, would be brought up to a 75-percent cap by virtue of this legislation.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Discussing funding levels in relation to a conference report.

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