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Roy Blunt: My overreaching concern with this request is that the increase of $1.3 billion for the Department of Education dwarfs…

On the recordMarch 9, 2016
My overreaching concern with this request is that the increase of $1.3 billion for the Department of Education dwarfs the total increase for all of non-defense discretionary spending--which is $40 million.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Blunt expresses concern over disproportionate budget increases for education compared to other discretionary spending.

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