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On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
In addition, look what we have done just in today's debate alone. We have rejected the only amendment that would give us a carryover that would allow a few years for the States to get ready for your draconian proposal because you have rejected allowing a bridge in which until 50 percent of the States could qualify, we could at least use the 1994 crime bill distribution of prison construction funds. What you have done is you have blown up any possibility of us getting any money to the States, and now you are saying that the block grant program itself which you cited is now going to be ineffective.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of amendments related to state funding in the context of crime legislation.

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