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Bennie Thompson: “The funding of the Homeland Security Grant Program has been reduced significantly under Republican leadership of the…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2013
The funding of the Homeland Security Grant Program has been reduced significantly under Republican leadership of the House, from $2.75 billion to $1.5 billion.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson criticizes funding cuts to homeland security grants by the Republican-led House.

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