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Don Nickles: “If I understood the Senator's statement, the $700 million the States would have to pick up, this is a program that will…”

On the recordJune 24, 1997
If I understood the Senator's statement, the $700 million the States would have to pick up, this is a program that will cost $121 billion next year for the Federal Government and that is growing at an unbelievable, unsustainable rate. So you are talking about a program over the next 5 years that is going to be well over $100 billion, and we are asking beneficiaries to pay $5, and in some cases the States may pick up a portion of that, maybe $700 million out of a total cost of over $100 billion. I don't find that unreasonable in any way.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma
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Discussing the financial implications of a federal program during Senate debate.

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