Lincoln Chafee: “it provides that there shall be a maintenance of effort at the 80 percent level, with the tight definitions that we have…”

“it provides that there shall be a maintenance of effort at the 80 percent level, with the tight definitions that we have previously been discussing. Furthermore, it provides that should there be the effort below 80 percent, then the reduction will be a dollar-for-dollar reduction between the State funds and Federal funds. Mr. President, this is an amendment that we have discussed, I believe broadly, that has been cleared by both sides. Senator Dole is a supporter of this amendment on this side. Mr. President, I am glad that the amendment is acceptable. I want to thank everybody for this. I especially thank the senior Senator from New Mexico, Senator Domenici, for his outstanding work. He was key in the whole effort. Indeed, it was he who suggested to the majority leader that we have the 80 percent maintenance of effort. This gets us through a difficult spot. We have been tied up on the 90-percent, 75-percent maintenance of effort. This is a compromise that has been worked out.”