Tom Cole: “I want to thank the gentlewoman for working with us on this, and I want to assure that we will work with her. I…”

“I want to thank the gentlewoman for working with us on this, and I want to assure that we will work with her. I appreciate her concern for the Community Services Block Grant program. As my good friend from New York knows, that program was actually zeroed out in the administration's budget. We replaced $600 million of $715 million, but it clearly is an important program to many Members on both sides of the aisle, has a superb reputation, and we are going to do everything that we possibly can to build upon that and get back to at least the fiscal year 2017 level. The gentlewoman's leadership in this is greatly appreciated, and we look forward to working with her as we go forward.”