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Matt Cartwright: “The Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee...controls…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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Legislative Forum with Congressman Matt Cartwright

Published | Video Starts at 05:41

And for a lot of committees, you know, Democrats are very upset, but not on appropriations because we get along. I want to tell you about my counterpart. You know, you have a chairman, and I'm the chairman of The Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee...controls $82 billion in federal spending every year. I'm the chairman and the ranking member that is the minority, the senior minority member in this case, the Republican member, is Robert Adderholt, and he is from central Alabama. (05:41–07:00)

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Asserts that the Commerce, Justice, and Science subcommittee controls $82 billion in federal spending annually.

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