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Susan Collins: “There already is language to prohibit the use of funds to…”

Featuring: Susan Collins, Republican | U.S. Senate Maine

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Senate Discussion on Agricultural Research Service Funding and Amendments

Published | Video Starts at 04:44

… the report language that Senator Hoeven has put in and put it into the legislative text? The Senator has the right to modify his amendment. And as I understand it, There already is language to prohibit the use of funds to close or consolidate resources or locations for ARS without House and Senate notice and approval. Yeah, that's in there already. Yes. And that's in the report language. Right. So we'd be moving that into the legislative language. That's what I'm suggesting. So that that language, the provision. (04:44–05:00)

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Asserts that existing language prohibits closing or consolidating ARS resources without legislative notice and approval.

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