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Bonnie Watson Coleman: Unfortunately, the budget that President Trump proposed for fiscal year 2018 goes in the opposite direction and calls…

On the recordNovember 27, 2017
Unfortunately, the budget that President Trump proposed for fiscal year 2018 goes in the opposite direction and calls for draconian cuts to almost every relevant Federal program.
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democratic · New Jersey

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Critiques proposed budget cuts affecting federal programs related to transit security.

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