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Chris Coons: The fiscal year 2024 request for this subcommittee's budget including staff and programs of, State, USAID, MCC, DFC, and…

On the recordApril 18, 2023
The fiscal year 2024 request for this subcommittee's budget including staff and programs of, State, USAID, MCC, DFC, and other agencies, is in total $68.6 billion, 6.8 billion, or 11 percent above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level, still not even one penny on the dollar of U.S. Defense spending.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Coons discusses the budget request for international programs.

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