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Marcy Kaptur: “To propose investing $2,000,000,000 for the wall and cutting $3,300,000,000 from the National Institutes of Health…”

On the recordMay 5, 2020
To propose investing $2,000,000,000 for the wall and cutting $3,300,000,000 from the National Institutes of Health really does expose the Trump Administration priorities for what they are: political rhetoric over public health.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting the misalignment of budget priorities under the Trump Administration.

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