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Steny Hoyer: “This budget, Mr. Chairman, is a blueprint for economic decline, for vulnerable Americans being left to fend for…”

On the recordApril 8, 2014
This budget, Mr. Chairman, is a blueprint for economic decline, for vulnerable Americans being left to fend for themselves, and for an America less equipped to protect its citizens. I urge my colleagues to defeat this resolution and send a message that our country will continue to invest in its priorities: opportunity, security, and growth. Let us not retreat. Let us serve this country and serve its greatness.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Apr 8, 2014

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