Jim Baird: “The challenge they face is they are literally bursting at the seams.…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2007

The challenge they face is they are literally bursting at the seams. They do not have office space, sufficient computer architecture, they do not have sufficient personnel. My bottom line here is this is an agency that I think by and large gives a very strong return on investment for the government and for the taxpayers, and a $10 million cut to an administrative fund for an agency that already tells us they lack adequate resources I think is excessive. I am sorry, I am going to have to say we should defeat this amendment and try to find other ways.

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Jim Baird

Republican · Missouri

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Discussing funding challenges faced by an agency during a House floor debate.

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