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On the recordApril 10, 2018
I would appreciate it. And, if you could explain, again, how a 50 percent cut to the Global Environment Facility serves U.S. interests?
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey questions the impact of budget cuts on U.S. environmental interests.

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