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Lindsey Graham: “If for any reason--sanction or for other reason-- sufficient that we do not appropriate the full $17 billion in the year…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1995
If for any reason--sanction or for other reason-- sufficient that we do not appropriate the full $17 billion in the year 2000 and States get less than is currently projected, if for that or any other reason--sanction, political, economic, or otherwise--Federal funds should fall below the 1994 level, does your amendment provide for any adjustment to the maintenance-of-effort provision?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the implications of funding levels in relation to a proposed amendment.

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