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Nita Lowey: “The administration cannot be successful in these initiatives if we under or defund the basics, which is exactly what the…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2020
The administration cannot be successful in these initiatives if we under or defund the basics, which is exactly what the proposed 20 percent cut to our foreign assistance programs would do.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Lowey criticizes proposed budget cuts to foreign assistance programs.

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