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Ed Case: “I fund programs in the federal government for tourism, I'm…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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@RepEdCase annual Federal Funds Workshop 2-18-26 at Hawai'i State Capitol

Published | Video Starts at 59:34

So, for example, if I fund a program and the Department of Education for indigenous language assistance, chances are that money's coming to you, right? Because we do a lot of stuff. So in the case of tourism, if I fund programs in the federal government for tourism, I'm pretty sure that some of that should be eligible for what disproportionate to other parts of the country. So I do try to mold my program programmatic request so that it's a better probability that the money actually will be delivered to the Lloyd benchmark. (59:34–59:42)

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Asserts that federal tourism funding is likely to disproportionately benefit Hawaii compared to other regions.

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