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Frank Pallone: “I think the budget cannot and should not be balanced on the back of children and poor people. The stakes are too great…”

On the recordApril 12, 2011
I think the budget cannot and should not be balanced on the back of children and poor people. The stakes are too great for us and for them.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone argues against budget cuts that would harm vulnerable populations.

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