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James T. Callahan: “Well, the development fund for Africa was requested at $704 million. I know where the gentleman from Indiana is coming…”

On the recordJune 5, 1996
Well, the development fund for Africa was requested at $704 million. I know where the gentleman from Indiana is coming from, but my point to him, that if we take into consideration what we passed in 1996 for this current fiscal year and what we passed in this bill for 1997, that it is $63 million below the President's request and $25 million below the 1996 level. Now, we have changed the structure of the account. If we just take one of them, we might be able to find a $144 million discrepancy, but if we take all of the funds and all of the appropriations and weigh them against last year, then we are at $25 million below the 1996 level.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma
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Discussing funding levels for the development fund for Africa during a budget debate.

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