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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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