If we were to charge fees under the auspices of using it for a particular purpose and then spending it elsewhere in the private sector, that is called embezzling. In the Federal Government that is called budgeting.
Graves criticizes federal budgeting practices, comparing them to embezzlement.
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This bill is really important. The Water Resources Development Act authorizes all the activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Speaker, something that is really key here is that under this chairman we have been able to keep this…
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All of these groups are supporting this bill and urging a ``no'' vote on the other bill, H.R. 5342.
I missed a series of votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 28 and YEA on Roll Call No. 29. PERSONAL EXPLANATION
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