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On the recordApril 4, 2011
I'm concerned, here, that your request for next year's budget dramatically cuts, by 55 percent, the amount of money available to counsel microloan borrowers.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin expresses concern over budget cuts affecting microloan counseling for small businesses.

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