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Jeanne Shaheen: I would urge that we should be increasing those budgets, rather than decreasing them.

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
I would urge that we should be increasing those budgets, rather than decreasing them.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen advocates for increasing humanitarian aid budgets for refugee support.

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