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Representative raises ethics and military-ties concerns over matching funds in economic development bill
Summary
Representative Iwamoto warned that appropriations paired with military matching funds could inadvertently support production tied to weapons, urging an amendment to bar matching funds from being used for manufacturing weapons.
Representative Iwamoto used floor time May 5 to voice concerns about a bill intended to boost business competitiveness and workforce development, saying press reports suggested Hawaii could become an asset for manufacturing items used by the military.
"It did make me alarmed to the way that these appropriations, with the matching funds with the military, or the Department of War's agenda," Iwamoto said on…
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