Tom Coburn actually said...

We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'

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Coburn suggests a maintenance of effort approach for funding homeless aid.

06/15/2015

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