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Nydia Velázquez: Let me ask you, where specifically in Federal law is HUD empowered to unilaterally withhold CDBG-DR funds that had been…

On the recordOctober 21, 2019
Let me ask you, where specifically in Federal law is HUD empowered to unilaterally withhold CDBG-DR funds that had been appropriated by Congress?
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Velazquez questions HUD's authority to withhold funds for Puerto Rico.

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