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Kent Conrad: Is the Senator also aware in the Grand Forks editorial, the 11 reasons they give for passing the Federal disaster bill…

On the recordJune 3, 1997
Is the Senator also aware in the Grand Forks editorial, the 11 reasons they give for passing the Federal disaster bill now, they point out that not only the Housing Department does not have funds, those funds are not in the pipeline, the Agriculture Department does not have funds to address this disaster, those funds are not in the pipeline, and in addition to that, the school districts that have taken the children from the disaster areas, they do not have funds in the pipeline, and so those school districts that have taken on substantial additional costs are also being delayed in being compensated even though they have taken children from the disaster areas?
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for immediate funding in response to a disaster in Grand Forks.

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