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On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
My question to each of you, and maybe we will start from my left to the right, in this proposed budget that was just released within the last several days by President Trump, it called for drastic cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the tune of 21 percent.
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Cheri Bustos
Illinois

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Bustos expresses concern over proposed budget cuts to agriculture research funding.

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