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On the recordSeptember 30, 1999
This amendment is going to raise some very fundamental issues not only for a major social program but also for the relationship between the Federal Government and the States and the relationship between the appropriations process and the committees that have jurisdiction for authorization and the administration of the mandatory spending program.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the implications of an amendment related to social programs and federal-state relations.

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