Bill Lee: “The budget also proposes to cut funding for the Women's Bureau…”

On the recordApril 4, 2017

The budget also proposes to cut funding for the Women's Bureau, $10,000,000, eliminates 70 percent of its staff.

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Barbara Lee highlights significant cuts to the Women's Bureau in the proposed budget.

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Bill Lee: “The budget also proposes to cut funding for the Women's Bureau, $10,000,000, eliminates 70 percent of its staff.”