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Thad Cochran: “Over the past 20 years, more than $4 out of every $5 appropriated by Congress to the Disaster Relief fund have been…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
Over the past 20 years, more than $4 out of every $5 appropriated by Congress to the Disaster Relief fund have been provided through supplemental appropriations bills.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

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Cochran highlights the reliance on supplemental appropriations for disaster relief funding.

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