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Chris Coons: You're asking for increases, but you are not just deficit-neutral, you actually return money to the Federal budget.

On the recordApril 11, 2016
You're asking for increases, but you are not just deficit-neutral, you actually return money to the Federal budget.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons comments on budget requests and their implications.

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