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On the recordMay 17, 2017
If President Trump actually wants the government to function and wants annual appropriation bills enacted into law then he must abandon these outrageous requests.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey urges Trump to drop budget requests for deportation and border wall to enable government functioning.

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