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On the recordFebruary 10, 1995
We are dealing with a question of prevention programs versus prisons. We are dealing with two different things here. Yesterday we were dealing with a question of the unallocated funds if we do not use them all up. Today we are stripping money out altogether, not designating 36 or however many million dollars for some other purpose if it is not used in this bill. We are actually stripping money out of this bill altogether presumably so the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Cardin] can make an argument next week that he saved this money for another amendment that he can offer for a categorical grant program that this side of the aisle simply does not believe with in principle. Not that we do not believe there should be gang prevention programs, but we do not believe that the Federal Government should be dictating through categorical grants that you have got to have a gang prevention program to get X amount of money.
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Albert Russell Wynn
Maryland
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Debating funding for prevention programs versus prisons in a House committee.

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