Chellie Pingree provided a prepared statement for the committee.
12/07/2011
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The people impacted by this funding freeze are hardworking, rural Americans and small businesses.
We really need to think about how do we get the levels of funding that you need because $450 million to move one community.
We just need a bigger allocation.
I am worried that we are dealing with tight budgets here and we are making cuts no matter what.