is it not true, I ask the chairman, that when you were in front of the Committee on Rules you said that the LIHEAP program was no longer needed?
John Joseph Moakley: “is it not true, I ask the chairman, that when you were in front of the Committee on Rules you said that the LIHEAP…”
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Questioning the necessity of the LIHEAP program during a committee discussion.
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