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Eva M. Clayton: The other point that I think needs to be made, this is not a very expensive program. We are not talking about big bucks.…

On the recordJanuary 27, 1995
The other point that I think needs to be made, this is not a very expensive program. We are not talking about big bucks. In many places, the State volunteers to put the money there. When they get Federal money, it is because the State asks for the Federal money. So this is not a very expensive program that we are asking for the Federal Government to continue their involvement. If you do not want to jeopardize workers, it seems to me that we would simply say that we want to exclude them from this bill.
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Eva M. Clayton
North Carolina

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Discussing the cost and implications of a federal program during a floor speech.

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