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On the recordJuly 18, 2017
I think some special funding should be found for this because it would go a long way and it is crazy while Cuba and Venezuela are there and China is there, the United States, which is so close, is not.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel advocates for special funding to enhance U.S. diplomatic presence in the Caribbean.

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