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Gregory Meeks: Eliminating all funding to Haiti will show that we are going back on our word then, and turning our back on the neediest…

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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