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Virginia Foxx: If this budget passes, $127.3 billion in discretionary spending would be allocated to HHS--meaning taxpayers would be…

On the recordApril 5, 2022
If this budget passes, $127.3 billion in discretionary spending would be allocated to HHS--meaning taxpayers would be forced to give your agency an additional $13 billion.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Concern over excessive spending in the HHS budget proposal.

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