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David Cicilline: “We cannot reduce our deficits simply by cutting food for hungry children or stripping our schools of computers and new…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
We cannot reduce our deficits simply by cutting food for hungry children or stripping our schools of computers and new books.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Critiques budget cuts that harm children's education and nutrition.

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