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Dick Durbin: “The President had requested close to $300 million, I believe, for this current fiscal year.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
The President had requested close to $300 million, I believe, for this current fiscal year.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the disparity between the agency's funding and the President's budget request.

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