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Thomas Foley: “again I want to state I think these programs can do some good in the community. I have stood up for minority business…”

On the recordJuly 16, 1997
again I want to state I think these programs can do some good in the community. I have stood up for minority business development grants and other things in my community and fought for them. What we are saying in this amendment: Currently there still exists $33 million in current accounts to spend. With this amendment we will continue and add another $50 million to the account to do their good work. All we are asking before we up the account to $125 million, is we get some answers.
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Thomas Foley
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Discussing funding for community programs and minority business development grants.

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