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Gerry Connolly: “How can we in good conscience cut our health budget to these countries in half in light of what is happening in front of…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
How can we in good conscience cut our health budget to these countries in half in light of what is happening in front of our faces?
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly questions the morality of slashing health budgets during a crisis.

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