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On the recordOctober 23, 2015
They have cut vital services for children. They have cut funding for our first responders. They have eliminated jobs for 30,000 teachers--30,000. They have cut afterschool programs for nearly 1.2 million kids and eliminated more than 40 million meals for sick and homebound seniors. This is bipartisan. We should be replacing these harmful cuts and supporting vital services in our communities. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.
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Bill Pascrell
Democratic · New Jersey

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