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Bob Kerrey: “As a consequence of the Domenici amendment, an offset is not needed. That is what my modification did, was to strike it.…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 1995
As a consequence of the Domenici amendment, an offset is not needed. That is what my modification did, was to strike it. His is a straightforward argument against this amendment. It can only be made on the basis the Senator from Texas used, that this is a program that Members do not want to fund and do not support. As I said, it has very strong support from a wide variety of community organizations that matched the Federal dollars, used the Federal dollars two to one. I think this program not only deserves to be supported, but has very strong support from the Republican leadership on the House side.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
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Discussing an amendment related to federal funding and community support during Senate floor debate.

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