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Gregory Meeks: “That money had already been appropriated, things were already in action, and so I think the Supreme Court ruled the…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2025
That money had already been appropriated, things were already in action, and so I think the Supreme Court ruled the right way, and now the administration needs to unfreeze them and allow those contractors and the work to be done.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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cnn.com

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Meeks supports the Supreme Court's ruling against Trump's freeze on foreign aid.

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