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Mike Quigley: “Just across-the-board cuts are an abdication of responsibility. It is up to us as appropriators to determine exactly…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2017
Just across-the-board cuts are an abdication of responsibility. It is up to us as appropriators to determine exactly what needs funding and at what levels. For those reasons, I ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 13, 2017

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