Political Quotes

On the recordMay 8, 2017
Twenty-nine percent is not reorganizing and it is not reforming; it's gutting.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham criticizes severe budget cuts to the State Department.

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