John W. Olver: “No, there is none. There is none. But the offset that the gentleman…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2007

No, there is none. There is none. But the offset that the gentleman has used is salaries and expenses, salaries and expenses is an account which, in the tightness of this budget, in trying to do for section 8 and CDBG and the other places, we have already cut a bit, not a great deal, but a bit, and I oppose, as I said before, in good conscience, the movement of salaries and expense moneys into this where we know that it is not going to be spent with any alacrity and any expedition.

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John W. Olver

Massachusetts

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Discussing budget allocations and the movement of funds during a House floor debate.

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