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Elijah Cummings: “House Republicans have cut $127 billion out of this program. That means that they would eliminate food assistance to…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
House Republicans have cut $127 billion out of this program. That means that they would eliminate food assistance to some 8 million people.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings criticized Republican cuts to food assistance programs.

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