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Rob Andrews: “Across the building today the Budget Committee is marking up a Republican budget that has a 48 percent cut by one…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
Across the building today the Budget Committee is marking up a Republican budget that has a 48 percent cut by one measure in job training funds. What do you think that would do to the economic recovery?
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey

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Andrews questions the impact of proposed budget cuts on job training and economic recovery.

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