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Henry Cuellar: I voted no because it cut FEMA, State, and local programs by a staggering amount of 55 percent below the enacted level.

On the recordOctober 16, 2011
I voted no because it cut FEMA, State, and local programs by a staggering amount of 55 percent below the enacted level.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas

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Cuellar explains his opposition to the Homeland Appropriations Bill due to significant cuts.

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