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Chris Murphy: “Contrary to popular opinion, we are spending less than 1 percent of our Federal budget on foreign aid, including health…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2016
Contrary to popular opinion, we are spending less than 1 percent of our Federal budget on foreign aid, including health programs.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy points out the low percentage of the federal budget allocated to foreign aid.

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