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John Larson: “I am all for flexibility too, but if flexibility is code for block grants, I have got a big problem with that.”

On the recordJune 24, 2015
I am all for flexibility too, but if flexibility is code for block grants, I have got a big problem with that.
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John Larson
Democratic · Connecticut

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Larson expresses concern over block grants potentially harming anti-hunger programs.

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