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Tim Kaine: The asserted reason is budget cuts. We just did a tax bill that increases the national debt by $1.5 trillion.

On the recordJuly 16, 2018
The asserted reason is budget cuts. We just did a tax bill that increases the national debt by $1.5 trillion.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine criticizes the budget cuts that led to the program's shutdown despite tax cuts increasing national debt.

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