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Nicholas Begich: “The state is in the best position to make determinations…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 30:35

Well, so they've now relabeled these. They're called community development grants, I think, but it's an earmarked by another name. I prefer block grants to the states. I think that The state is in the best position to make determinations about how money should be spent locally. And so it's my view that if we're going to be sending money to the states from the federal government, that local control is better. (30:35–30:43)

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Believes state governments are better suited to decide local spending priorities.

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