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Mario Díaz-Balart: It is not 25 percent. It is not a third. It is not a half. It is 1 percent.

On the recordApril 10, 2018
It is not 25 percent. It is not a third. It is not a half. It is 1 percent.
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Mario Díaz-Balart
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Diaz-Balart clarifies the actual percentage of federal spending on foreign aid.

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