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On the recordMarch 29, 2011
What worries me--and, Commissioner, I am going to use your examples--is many of our colleagues look and see unobligated funds, or funds that have been obligated, but it is 2 years later and they have not been spent, and they make two conclusions: The program is overfunded, that money was never needed in the first place, we can slash that from the budget; or they conclude that it is being poorly managed and is not really needed, and thus, they reach the same conclusion that it can be slashed from the budget.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins expresses concern about budget cuts due to unspent funds.

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