On the recordOctober 28, 2013
We can either afford to fund a food stamp program or we can fund our foreign policy interests. We cannot do both.
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congress.govGerry Connolly: “We can either afford to fund a food stamp program or we can fund our foreign policy interests. We cannot do both.”
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Connolly criticizes the false choice between domestic and foreign funding due to debt obsession.
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