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Jeanne Shaheen: “But as much as we collaborate, if we zero out a program, it still leaves a vacuum there.”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
But as much as we collaborate, if we zero out a program, it still leaves a vacuum there.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Highlights the negative impact of cutting funding for essential programs.

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