Bill Cassidy: “$1.5 million--it is a start, but in a budget of $66 billion, it is…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2016

$1.5 million--it is a start, but in a budget of $66 billion, it is kind of a leaky faucet.

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Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy critiques the budget allocation for education funding.

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Bill Cassidy: “$1.5 million--it is a start, but in a budget of $66 billion, it is kind of a leaky faucet.”