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Arlen Specter: “How can we justify the elimination of the entire program with a $167 million cut?”

On the recordMarch 27, 2003
How can we justify the elimination of the entire program with a $167 million cut?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
Source
congress.gov
Mar 27, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the justification for cuts to rural education funding.

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