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Ernest Istook: “The $2 billion in grants and such is in addition to the $414 million that the House appropriated. So the total of those…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2000
The $2 billion in grants and such is in addition to the $414 million that the House appropriated. So the total of those is approximately $2.5 billion. And then we have the local funds of about $3 billion. This is significant taxpayers' money. Whether the figure is $2.5 billion, $2 billion, or $400 million, I do not think any of us should say to the taxpayer with a straight face that that is not much money and this Congress should not be concerned about it and just let it go. We should be concerned. Now, the Senate bill has more than the $414 million. They have $448 million. And that is what we have been working to reconcile. Now, I think a false illusion, and it has been fascinating in this process, Mr. Speaker, to see efforts to create a false illusion as though the House were not trying to work, for example, on this New York Avenue Metro station project. The problem is, we do not get money from the President's budget.
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Ernest Istook
Oklahoma
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Discussing appropriations and funding for projects during a House floor debate.

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