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Dick Durbin: “In fiscal year 2014, Congress restored the 5.27 percent reduction Head Start grantees received in fiscal year 2013 due…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2014
In fiscal year 2014, Congress restored the 5.27 percent reduction Head Start grantees received in fiscal year 2013 due to sequestration.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the restoration of Head Start funding after sequestration.

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