Jeff Merkley said "OK. So we do not have time to go through all these pieces. I have listed them out, the essential damage that this budget does to rural America." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 31, 2017

OK. So we do not have time to go through all these pieces. I have listed them out, the essential damage that this budget does to rural America.

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Merkley highlights the budget's detrimental effects on rural America.

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