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Gregory Meeks: Speaker McCarthy and the House Republican majority have put forward a different vision, one that would cede American…

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
Speaker McCarthy and the House Republican majority have put forward a different vision, one that would cede American leadership on the world stage and threaten U.S. national security by arbitrarily slashing the international affairs budget by up to 22 percent.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks criticizes the House Republican majority's budget proposal.

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