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Tim Kaine: “These children and students did not cause the debt and deficit challenges we are focused on addressing, but under…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
These children and students did not cause the debt and deficit challenges we are focused on addressing, but under sequestration, they bear one of the largest impacts of this cut.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes that children are unfairly affected by budget cuts due to sequestration.

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