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Tim Kaine: So if we are going to make cuts, we should really try to find what is fraudulent, what is abusive, what is wasteful.

On the recordMay 11, 2021
So if we are going to make cuts, we should really try to find what is fraudulent, what is abusive, what is wasteful.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine advocates for targeted cuts rather than across-the-board reductions.

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