
Ona Brouse
63:38 - 64:12
"the larger the dynamic of the recommendation or the sort of prioritization that you would like to see the administration look at, the more time we need in order to be able to do it. And so if it is about reimagining the funding of a specific program or of cutting a specific program, we would need to know that by August at the latest, I think."
“the larger the dynamic of the recommendation or the sort of prioritization that you would like to see the administration look at, the more time we need in order to be able to do it. And so if it is about reimagining the funding of a specific program or of cutting a specific program, we would need to know that by August at the latest, I think.”
I think unfortunately the answer is it depends. Through the Chair, I would say the larger the dynamic of the recommendation or the sort of prioritization that you would like to see the administration look at, the more time we need in order to be able to do it. And so if it is about reimagining the funding of a specific program or of cutting a specific program, we would need to know that by August at the latest, I think. When it comes to—. Thank you.
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