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Tom Coburn: That is right. What we are saying is if we write that statutory language, we will continue to take administrative…

On the recordJuly 29, 1998
That is right. What we are saying is if we write that statutory language, we will continue to take administrative expenses from the mandatory side rather than from the discretionary side. That is how you have been doing it the last 7 years.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing budgetary practices regarding administrative expenses.

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