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John Yarmuth: “Given the severity of the funding cuts and the extreme nature of the policy changes, this seems much more like an…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2019
Given the severity of the funding cuts and the extreme nature of the policy changes, this seems much more like an irresponsible way of offsetting our Republican colleagues' deficit-financed tax cuts for millionaires and big corporations than a true budget you or Secretary Azar would have crafted for your agency to succeed.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth criticizes the budget cuts as irresponsible offsets for tax cuts for the wealthy.

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