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On the recordOctober 4, 2011
Eliminating all funding to Haiti will show that we are going back on our word then, and turning our back on the neediest of the needy.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks argues against cutting funding to Haiti, emphasizing the need for support.

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