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Adriano Espaillat: these programs, obviously, cost money and this current administration continues to repeatedly send to Congress requests…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
these programs, obviously, cost money and this current administration continues to repeatedly send to Congress requests for deep cuts
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat criticizes the administration's proposed cuts to foreign aid programs.

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