This budget, as I read it, cuts those State grants by about 57 percent, urban grants by 45 percent, transit grants by 15 percent, and port grants by 7 percent.
Jeanne Shaheen: “This budget, as I read it, cuts those State grants by about 57 percent, urban grants by 45 percent, transit grants by 15…”
On the recordFebruary 23, 2016
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Senator Shaheen highlights significant cuts to various preparedness grants in the proposed budget.
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