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Nydia M. Velazquez: “But I want to read from the committee's report and the gentleman says, ``The committee recommends a total of $128…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2004
But I want to read from the committee's report and the gentleman says, ``The committee recommends a total of $128 million under this account for administrative expenses related to business loan programs.'' So what we have done is to operate within the constraints that the committee provided us. And regarding the concern that was raised about the money, $10 million that had been taken from the National Endowment for Democracy, even by taking the offset of $10 million, the program remains funded at last year's level. And we do support spreading democracy, but we also support creating jobs in our country.
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Nydia M. Velazquez
New York
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Discussing funding allocations for business loan programs and the National Endowment for Democracy.

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