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On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
if you have to take a 2 percent across-the-board cut, why are they going to cut the programs that would save you $7.90 per dollar spent?
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the logic of cutting effective programs during budget cuts.

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