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Henry Cuellar: “If we would follow the precedent that we've done in…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Published | Video Starts at 01:13

If that was done for reconciliation last summer, that would be over $477 million to OIG. And for the latest reconciliation bill, that would be 173, $173 million. If we would follow the precedent that we've done in supplementals together, that would be over $650 million to the OIG that normally they would get to prevent waste fraud. But instead they got zero. My amendment doesn't ask for $650 million, but it only redirects $100 million from the $10 billion fund created by reconciliation under section 90007007 to … (01:13–01:27)

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Asserts that following the precedent for supplemental funding would allocate over $650 million to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for oversight.

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