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Nita Lowey: “The draconian cuts this administration continues to advocate are irresponsible--particularly at a time of unprecedented…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2019
The draconian cuts this administration continues to advocate are irresponsible--particularly at a time of unprecedented human suffering--and wholesale haphazard cuts are not an option.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Criticizing proposed budget cuts amid global humanitarian crises.

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