Mark Pocan: “Appropriations here is the committee responsible for…”

“You know, in Wisconsin, we have in our legislature and I served down at a joint committee on Finance, bipartisan committee, bicameral committee, but we were kind of Budget Ways and Means and Appropriations altogether. Appropriations here is the committee responsible for allocating the funds, but extremely important role. Can you just explain a little bit about what the Appropriations Committee is and why people should follow it? Because it's very relevant to them. Right.” (12:34–12:42)

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