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Alan Simpson: “I will not oppose this amendment because it does not require the Corps to fund anything in particular. We have had other…”

On the recordMay 24, 2016
I will not oppose this amendment because it does not require the Corps to fund anything in particular. We have had other similar amendments already tonight, and I would just like to remind my colleagues that these amendments--simply increasing the funding level of a particular account, they do not direct that funding to a particular activity. If they did fund specific projects, those would be congressional earmarks that are no longer allowed. As we talked about on the last amendment, frankly, that is something I would like to change myself, and I know that the ranking member would, also. But since this amendment only changes the overall account level, I will not oppose it. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming
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May 24, 2016

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