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Louis Stokes: “I could say to the gentlewoman that this particular subcommittee took a greater hit than any other subcommittee on the…”

On the recordMarch 14, 1995
I could say to the gentlewoman that this particular subcommittee took a greater hit than any other subcommittee on the Appropriations Committee. The total in rescissions was about $17.3 billion. Of that amount, the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee contributed about $9.3 billion. That is about 54 percent of the total amount of those cuts. And of course veterans took a hit of about $206 million, which was substantial in terms of this. There was no scientific way of arriving at these figures. These were the figures brought in in terms of the Chairman's mark, and of course the subcommittee approved that mark. There is nothing logical, nothing by way of formula. These were just figures that were reached up and arrived at.
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Louis Stokes
Ohio
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Discussing budget cuts affecting the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee.

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