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On the recordApril 2, 2019
The President's budget proposal will force kids in rural America to go hungry while wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on misplaced priorities like a wall that won't keep us safe.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester criticizes the budget for prioritizing a wall over addressing hunger in rural areas.

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