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John Yarmuth: These cuts in the Trump budget are not a tightening of the belt or a trimming of the fat or even a serious attempt at…

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
These cuts in the Trump budget are not a tightening of the belt or a trimming of the fat or even a serious attempt at reining in spending. They are extreme to a level that is malicious, a level that is intended to do harm.
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John Yarmuth
Democratic · Kentucky

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Yarmuth describes the budget cuts as intentionally harmful.

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