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From YouTube: FY2018 Budget - Councilwoman Reynolds Brown Questions Commerce Dept About Threatened Cuts 3-28-2017
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From the hearing of the Philadelphia City Council Committee of the Whole held on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 regarding the FY2018 City Budget:
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large) questions Commerce Department officials about the potential impact to their budget if proposed federal cuts become reality.
City Council Budget Center: phlcouncil.com/budget2018
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mr.
Tate,
your
name
for
Harold
episode,
record
comments
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
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chief
of
staff
Slusher
said,
we
evaluate
a
lot
of
options.
We
have
not
settled
on
anyone
because
we're
absolutely
unsure
as
to
the
degree
that
those
assumptions
will
become
reality
and
I
will
tell
you
that
if
they
are
the
worst
case,
then
it
will
devastate
that
office.
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Office
of
Economic
Opportunity
Victoria
hosing
dwarf,
who
is
the
director
of
MV
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for
this
region,
is
part
of
our
advisory
council.
She
and
I
have
had
a
number
of
conversations.
Their
office
provides
technical
assistance,
they
provide
access
to
contracts
in
the
corporate
level,
they
provide
help
and
assistance
with
bonding
and
insurance,
and
so
we've
met
with
mbda,
along
with
the
two
certification
agencies,
ems
DC
and
we
bank
to
talk
about
how
possibly
the
technical
assistance
that's
provided
through.
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That
office
would
also
be
able
to
be
provided
through
these
other
agencies
in
the
event
that
MBDA
becomes
a
nonentity
because
of
federal
funding
cuts.
We
are
also
working
very
closely
with
them.
We
have
a
certification
round
table
where
we
meet
with
all
of
the
agencies
to
look
at
what
services
each
agency
is
offering
so
that
at
some
point,
if
this
becomes
a
reality,
we'll
be
able
to
look
at
how
to
service
those
businesses
through
the
services
that
are
available
for
from
other
economic
development
agencies.
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