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James Norton: “Just for the record, I want the gentleman to know that, of the $2 billion that the gentleman has referenced, only $400…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2000
Just for the record, I want the gentleman to know that, of the $2 billion that the gentleman has referenced, only $400 million of that is for direct Federal funding, but most of it is for the kind of grants they do not appropriate for anybody else in the first place.
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James Norton
Ohio

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Discussing federal funding allocations during a debate.

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