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Martin Sabo: “No. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I was not an advocate of the position in the conference committee. I thought we…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2003
No. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I was not an advocate of the position in the conference committee. I thought we made a mistake in changing it. To be fair, the language in the bill retains some money as a separate line item, and there is language indicating the fire chiefs and the people involved in fire should be involved in the grant-making process. I personally have questions about taking a program that was well run where it was and shifting it to another agency. I have a concern that what will develop are people who do not know much about the program making the grants.
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Martin Sabo
Minnesota
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Addressing concerns about changes made in a conference committee regarding grant-making for fire programs.

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