Political Quotes

“The second question: We had earlier debate about what happens if a State's allocation of Federal funds declines, what occurs to that State's continuing maintenance of effort? For instance, there is a very high probability that many States are going to end up being sanctioned under this bill because they will have such a limited amount of Federal funds that they would be unable to meet the work requirements and therefore would become subject to the 5-percent sanction, reduction. If that were to occur, what, if any, effect under your amendment will that reduction in Federal funds, for whatever reason, have on their maintenance-of-effort obligation?”