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Chris Murphy: “I think it is unfair for you to leave this committee or the Congress with the impression that this is about balancing…”

On the recordJune 19, 2018
I think it is unfair for you to leave this committee or the Congress with the impression that this is about balancing domestic needs with international leadership because it is not that we are spending less money globally, it is that the administration is specifically targeting the State Department and USAID while proposing massive new amounts of money for the Department of Defense.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy criticizes the administration's budget priorities affecting international aid.

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