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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMay 16, 2023
If House Republicans had it their way they would slash the U.S. foreign assistance and the budget of USAID by up to 22 percent
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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Meeks warns that proposed budget cuts would harm U.S. global influence.

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