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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
In fiscal year 2012 the Congress passed a bill mandating funding cuts in important Homeland Security grant programs.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson discusses funding cuts to Homeland Security grants in 2012.

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