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Ami Bera: “We can't cut development like that because, one, that's not a reflection of who we are as a nation.”

On the recordJune 14, 2017
We can't cut development like that because, one, that's not a reflection of who we are as a nation.
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Ami Bera
Democratic · California

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Bera argues against budget cuts to development funding, stressing national values.

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