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Betty McCollum: “When our last bill that Mr. Joyce and I worked on left here at the House, it has $1.3 billion more dollars in it than…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2020
When our last bill that Mr. Joyce and I worked on left here at the House, it has $1.3 billion more dollars in it than when it came back from conference committee.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota

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McCollum highlights the increased funding in a recent bill she worked on with Joyce.

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