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Ed Case: “It is not technically mandated, it is in discretionary…”

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

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@RepEdCase in Appropriations Defending Rural Water/Waste Disposal Funding for Hawaiian Home Lands

Published | Video Starts at 06:18

And so that's the specific mechanism by which these monies go to these subsets. And is the funding then mandated within that. Within the text of the bill, or how do they. It is not technically mandated, it is in discretionary funding. However, it is a line item within this program, and that's where the front of the, you know, reduction has, has occurred. (06:18–06:23)

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Asserts that the funding for the program is discretionary, not mandated.

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