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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “There was a program that was first implemented and proposed and funded by Congress but proposed by President Clinton…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2008
There was a program that was first implemented and proposed and funded by Congress but proposed by President Clinton called the COPS program, which put 100,000 police officers on the street and made sure that we had first responders, police officers, on the streets, patrolling our communities, making sure that the streets of America were safe.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the COPS program and budget cuts proposed by President Bush.

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