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Jack Reed: “For us to cut funding and to lose what would probably be 10,000 veterans from our housing and be back on the streets…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
For us to cut funding and to lose what would probably be 10,000 veterans from our housing and be back on the streets would be tragic.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Jack Reed expresses concern over funding cuts affecting homeless veterans.

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