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On the recordJuly 22, 2020
I believe that the Administration's requested budget cuts to humanitarian accounts are the wrong thing to do morally and it also absolutely sends the wrong message to the world.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks criticizes proposed budget cuts to humanitarian aid.

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