So we could productively, with community and state support and tremendous consensus, spend these funds for their lawfully authorized purpose if we stopped using them as a phony budget offset, and that is what you are proposing this year.
DeFazio argues for proper funding of conservation projects instead of using funds as budget offsets.
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But I am proud of the work of this committee, and this Congress as a whole, these last two years--to defeat that sense of inertia and deliver for the American people.
We saved the aviation industry by keeping the employees paid and in status, not directing money as a bailout to the airlines themselves.
Well, thanks, Chair Larsen, for calling this important hearing on improving the air travel experience for passengers with disabilities.
In the face of this challenge, we passed COVID relief: first the CARES Act, and then the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and then the American Rescue Plan Act.
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