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Ed Case: “We also have to distinguish between what we call formula…”

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 59:59

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. I have a follow up question then and can I just make one qualification on that? We also have to distinguish between what we call formula funding and discretionary funding. Formula means there is a particular allocation of the total amount of money that's based on a very specific formula. Transportation is a good example of this. (59:59–1:00:07)

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Asserts the need to differentiate between formula and discretionary funding in federal allocations.

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