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Orrin Hatch: “Let me add in closing that this earmark would be applied against the crime control block grant. We think it is about…”

On the recordMarch 14, 1996
Let me add in closing that this earmark would be applied against the crime control block grant. We think it is about time we do this. I also mention for the record that the chairman and ranking member of the D.C. Appropriations Committee, Senators Jeffords and Kohl, support that part of the amendment granting $20 million for the District of Columbia Police Force to be utilized by Chief Soulsby, with his consultation, with both Judiciary Committees and both Appropriations Committees.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing an earmark for the crime control block grant during Senate floor debate.

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