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On the recordApril 10, 2018
I calculated it. All the money in this bill amounts to 4 percent of total federal discretionary spending, 4 cents on the dollar.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky

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Rogers emphasizes the small percentage of the budget that foreign aid represents.

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