I rise against this budget because while this administration is proposing to spend billions of dollars to build schools in Iraq, there is zero in this budget for school construction for the public schools in America.
Burgess Owens: “I rise against this budget because while this administration is proposing to spend billions of dollars to build schools…”
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Opposing the budget proposal during a House floor debate.
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