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Tom Coburn: “Is the Senator aware that the foreign ops appropriation increased by 11 percent in 2009 and 33 percent last year? Yet…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2010
Is the Senator aware that the foreign ops appropriation increased by 11 percent in 2009 and 33 percent last year? Yet the Senator is saying we can't trim 5 percent from that budget? Am I hearing the Senator correctly? We increased it 46 percent in 2 years, and we can't cut 5 percent?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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govinfo.gov
Jan 26, 2010

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Senator Coburn is questioning budget increases in foreign operations appropriations.

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