As the chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, and as a member of this appropriations subcommittee, I was never consulted or notified about the exemption language which was added in conference.
Mary Landrieu: “As the chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, and as a member of this appropriations subcommittee, I was never…”
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Landrieu expresses frustration over not being consulted on an exemption affecting small business funding.
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