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Bill Lee: “Why do I oppose the rule? I oppose the rule, first, because this rule, if it moves forward, would allow for the…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2015
Why do I oppose the rule? I oppose the rule, first, because this rule, if it moves forward, would allow for the Republican budget, which we know could pass this body, with these huge cuts. I think we need to go back to the drawing board and minimally put back and restore cuts to the SNAP program. Any budget that has SNAP cuts, cuts to Pell grants, does not invest in infrastructure, any budget that does that, regardless of the budgets that have been put forward, I don't want to see this debate put forward with those cuts in place.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Mar 24, 2015

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