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John Spratt: This budget, the base budget, cuts FEMA, the account in which FEMA is included, function 450, by $2.8 billion between…

On the recordMarch 23, 2000
This budget, the base budget, cuts FEMA, the account in which FEMA is included, function 450, by $2.8 billion between this year and next year, and over 5 years by $18.3 billion.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Discussing budget cuts to FEMA during a floor speech.

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