On the recordDecember 11, 2013
If you want to cut the budget, you want to cut food stamps. But yet, last year alone, we appropriated nearly $18 billion to immigration enforcement agencies.
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congress.govHank Johnson: “If you want to cut the budget, you want to cut food stamps. But yet, last year alone, we appropriated nearly $18 billion…”
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Johnson points out the inconsistency in budget cuts versus immigration enforcement spending.
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