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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: I have zero, because the number that I have is that he cut the entire program, 100 percent cut to the COPS program…

On the recordFebruary 7, 2008
I have zero, because the number that I have is that he cut the entire program, 100 percent cut to the COPS program, zeros it out, so that there would be no COPS program, no funding to put police officers on the streets in our local communities. It's just unbelievable. We continue to hear the rhetoric come from this administration. I mean, it's nice, happy talk. It's nice, happy talk that you can stand behind the podium and say whatever you want and live in bizarro world across the other side of the aisle and just ignore reality and squeeze your eyes shut and hope that people don't notice that what you're saying is not true.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing cuts to the COPS program during a floor speech.

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