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On the recordFebruary 28, 2018
I do not want to be in a position in which the budget does not authorize funding for coastal projects, that it is $40 million out of $1.4 billion, with the result that people do not apply because they look at that budget and say, it says in huge letters the coastal communities are not welcome here.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse expresses concern over inadequate funding for coastal projects in the budget.

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