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Mike Simpson: “I suspect this year we will also have to again fight off some amendments from some people that would like to do away…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
I suspect this year we will also have to again fight off some amendments from some people that would like to do away with a lot of the arts.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Anticipation of challenges to arts funding in the upcoming budget.

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