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Joe Biden: “The Senator is aware the President's budget calls for spending $6 billion in drug treatment and prevention, including…”

On the recordJune 21, 2000
The Senator is aware the President's budget calls for spending $6 billion in drug treatment and prevention, including $31 million for substance abuse block grants; that is $54 million on targeted capacity expansion programs, $37 million for research and treatment, $5 million--the list goes on. The Senator is aware of that?
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the President's budget for drug treatment and prevention funding.

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