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David Obey: “I do not think necessarily that administrative expenses are tied directly to the level of financial support the agency…”

On the recordJune 5, 1996
I do not think necessarily that administrative expenses are tied directly to the level of financial support the agency gets. Some deals are a whole lot more complicated than others. The world is a lot more complicated than that.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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Discussing the relationship between administrative expenses and financial support for an agency.

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