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Anthony Weiner: Look, the problem is not that there is an undercount. The problem is they discovered the undercount and steadfastly…

On the recordJuly 7, 2004
Look, the problem is not that there is an undercount. The problem is they discovered the undercount and steadfastly refused to do anything about it. By the way, in the data that we are going to be accumulating over the next 10 years, we can include the number 7,300. That is the number of employed police officers in the State of Florida today as a result of the COPS program. Those are working men and women in my colleague's hometown, in the hometown of the gentleman from Virginia, in my hometown that are simply not going to be there because we are eviscerating the COPS program. We have taken a $1.3 billion hiring program, and we propose in this budget to make it $114 million, and to say, well, the President said nothing, so we should be thrilled.
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Anthony Weiner
New York

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Discussing the impact of budget cuts on the COPS program and police employment.

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