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On the recordApril 12, 2011
I hope you can use that eloquence to explain it to the constituents throughout the country because, as you well know, they don't believe that our foreign aid program is 1 percent of the budget, and they still all believe it is more than 25 percent.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Lowey emphasizes the need to clarify misconceptions about foreign aid's budget size.

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