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Tom Cole: “A $300 million cut really is not defensible or acceptable.”

On the recordMay 23, 2017
A $300 million cut really is not defensible or acceptable.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Cole criticizes a budget cut to Native American healthcare funding.

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