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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
If we continue to slash the foreign assistance budget irresponsibly as your side of the aisle did in H.R. 1, we are going to cripple our ability to exercise diplomacy.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly warns against cuts to foreign assistance affecting diplomacy.

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