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Maggie Hassan: “When the budget came out earlier this year, I asked then Secretary of DHS Kelly during a Senate Homeland Security…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2017
When the budget came out earlier this year, I asked then Secretary of DHS Kelly during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing about why the administration cut these programs, even though our aviation system is facing increased threats?
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Questioning budget cuts to airport security programs amid rising threats.

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