Sherrod Brown: “As we give to the States an enormous grant of new authority and new responsibility, an ability literally to appropriate…”

“As we give to the States an enormous grant of new authority and new responsibility, an ability literally to appropriate the funds and allocate the funds that have been taken by the Federal Government, I think it is incumbent upon us to make sure that is done wisely, and it is done well. To suggest that we are going to concentrate in the hands of one person, the Governor, the ability to both appropriate and administer and have a control over the audit is unacceptable. This amendment gives the States the ability to preside over this money just as they do with their own money that they raise. I urge the adoption of the amendment.”