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On the recordMarch 12, 2019
the President's Budget guiding principle, one that bolsters military spending while sharply cutting funding in education and training, while claiming that we simply cannot afford it, is an argument that I wholeheartedly reject, and I am not alone.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Rejects the President's budget cuts to education in favor of military spending.

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