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Steve Cohen: “When they attack you, they are attacking the NIH, they are attacking the CDC, they are attacking people who need SNAP…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
When they attack you, they are attacking the NIH, they are attacking the CDC, they are attacking people who need SNAP payments.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen argues that cuts to the IRS harm essential government services for the needy.

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