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Virginia Foxx: Just last week, this Committee passed the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act, UMATA, a bill I…

On the recordJuly 17, 2023
Just last week, this Committee passed the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act, UMATA, a bill I introduced, which aims to prevent exactly this scenario where the Federal Government passes significant costs onto the states, $40 million, we believe, in this case.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx discusses a bill to prevent federal costs from burdening states.

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