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Lincoln Chafee: If the State goes down in its contribution, as I previously mentioned, then the Federal goes down dollar for dollar if…

On the recordSeptember 13, 1995
If the State goes down in its contribution, as I previously mentioned, then the Federal goes down dollar for dollar if the State should go below the 80 percent. If your question is, what happens if the Federal goes down, under a sanction, for example--if I might get the answer to that. If they are sanctioned, the answer is, I am informed, if they are sanctioned, the State still has to do its 80 percent. In other words, you cannot be so-called punished and be relieved of a burden at the same time, which is my understanding of the existing law today.
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island

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Discussing the implications of state and federal funding contributions.

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