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On the recordApril 16, 2012
I frankly cannot support a budget that expands tax preferences for the most wealthy by nearly a trillion dollars, $961 billion, while cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, our major food program, by $122 billion.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Ryan criticizes a budget favoring the wealthy while cutting food assistance for the needy.

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