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On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
I do not understand the cuts to nutrition and tuberculosis programs, when nearly 800 million people worldwide suffer from malnutrition.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Expressing confusion over cuts to essential health programs amid global malnutrition.

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