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On the recordMay 6, 1997
The fact is that there has been no 602(b) allocation this year. The fact is that the gentleman from New York comes up here on the wholly inaccurate premise that this must come from HUD, VA, EPA or the unstated NASA, which he has implicitly abolished, but that assumes there has been a 602(b) allocation.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing budget allocations during a House floor debate.

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