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Anthony Weiner: “I want to observe that the grants under the bill have to pass through the States to get to the localities. The great…”

On the recordJune 22, 2000
I want to observe that the grants under the bill have to pass through the States to get to the localities. The great success of the COPS program is that it takes police departments, even the smallest police departments, for example, and targets the assistance directly to them. What the amendment of the gentlewoman would do would allow small localities, and very often the States cherry-pick these things, that is what is going to happen with the DNA funding.
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Anthony Weiner
New York

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Discussing the distribution of grants under a bill related to police funding.

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