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David Hobson: “I would assure her that nothing in the bill or the report would prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from returning funds…”

On the recordJune 25, 2004
I would assure her that nothing in the bill or the report would prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from returning funds to donor projects. In fact, as the gentlewoman has observed, the bill report includes language that specifically instructs the corps to be as diligent in returning funds as it has been in reprogramming them. Again, I thank the gentlewoman from California for her inquiry and hope this clarification has worked to address her concerns. The ranking member and I have undertaken a very strong look at the reprogrammings in the Corps of Engineers, much more so than in past years, and we are making them report to us, and we are signing off on them, and we are watching these much more diligently than we had been in the past, and we think it will work out much better in the future.
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David Hobson
Ohio
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Discussing the Army Corps of Engineers and fund management during a floor debate.

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