On the recordApril 17, 1996
But it is not a question of them not being allowed to be spent. It is a question of them being spent in the same way that it has been spent since the existence of the trust fund in 1956.
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govinfo.govNick Smith: “But it is not a question of them not being allowed to be spent. It is a question of them being spent in the same way…”
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Discussing the spending of trust fund resources.
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