But the Senate can originate no spending, and therefore the House has to originate spending, and to do that it has to have authorized programs under which to do that, and I would just like a reference to where the authority comes for the House to spend money that has never been agreed to by the respective committees that have jurisdiction over that money.
Discussing the authority of the House to originate spending in relation to Senate procedures.
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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.'
So, what you are really doing is fighting a dark force that does not want the American people to know what is going on up here.
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