John Conyers said "I do not know if this will make my colleague from North Carolina more comfortable or less, but it is our prediction that this will be a large amount of money that will be reserved, because I do not believe the States are going to qualify for it. So we are talking about billions, maybe billions and billions of dollars, all the way up to $5 billion. So I just want to make sure that not only the Members on the committee, but all the Members in the House understand that this little document of 10 lines contains quite a bit of change in it. Of course, this will be revisited in conference. So I just want us to all be aware of it." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 9, 1995

I do not know if this will make my colleague from North Carolina more comfortable or less, but it is our prediction that this will be a large amount of money that will be reserved, because I do not believe the States are going to qualify for it. So we are talking about billions, maybe billions and billions of dollars, all the way up to $5 billion. So I just want to make sure that not only the Members on the committee, but all the Members in the House understand that this little document of 10 lines contains quite a bit of change in it. Of course, this will be revisited in conference. So I just want us to all be aware of it.

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John Conyers

Democratic · Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the financial implications of a legislative document during House debate.

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