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On the recordMarch 15, 2017
I was disappointed to hear that the President was going to cut $190 million from the discretionary appropriations in NFIP, but I was also even more disappointed to learn that he is appropriating $4.5 billion for Executive Orders, one of which is to deal with a wall that Mexico is supposed to pay for.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Expressing disappointment over budget cuts and funding for a border wall.

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