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094422 1 (1971-06-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxkm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ( For release on delivery Expected at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 24, 1971 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 STATEMENT OF EIMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 4187 - THE GENERAL REVENUE SHARING ACT OF 1971 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are pleased to be here today, at the invitation of the Committee, to offer comments on H.R. 4187 which would authorize a system of general revenue sharing as recommended by the President in his message to the Congress on this subject. As an arm of the Congress, the General Account- ing Office is concerned principally with accountability as to the ex- penditure of funds appropriated by the Congress. My comments with respect to H.R. 4187 will deal primarily with this aspect of the proposal. It should be noted that at the outset\the PFr sident's message to the Congress on the subject argues that general reianue sharing would enhance, not weaken, accountability in these terms: The best way to hold Government accountable to the people, some suggest, is to be certain taxing authority and spending authority coincide. The message further states: There is no reason to think that the local taxpayer will be less motivated to exert pressures concerning how shared revenues are spent, noting that most local taxpayers are also Federal taxpayers. lilon

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