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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
while it may look like a cost-saving measure to cut the foreign aid budget, it is truly an expensive proposition over the long term.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Warning against the long-term costs of reducing foreign aid budgets.

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