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Tom Harkin: “I hope that we can continue on with that budget, rather than the budget set forth by the Budget Committee in the House…”

On the recordApril 8, 2014
I hope that we can continue on with that budget, rather than the budget set forth by the Budget Committee in the House, which would cut nondefense discretionary spending by $43 billion, or 9 percent, in fiscal year 2016.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin expresses concern over proposed budget cuts affecting working families.

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