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Summer Lee: I think cuts to the Coast Guard budget would be severe.

On the recordNovember 14, 2011
I think cuts to the Coast Guard budget would be severe.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee warns about the severe impact of budget cuts on the Coast Guard.

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