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Sam Farr: “This discussion can be seen as awkward because you are coming in and asking for a 52 percent increase in a climate where…”

On the recordApril 11, 2013
This discussion can be seen as awkward because you are coming in and asking for a 52 percent increase in a climate where all we are doing is cutting, squeezing, and trimming everything.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Farr critiques the request for a budget increase amid widespread cuts in other areas.

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