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On the recordFebruary 26, 2017
I think when he comes forward with priorities that says we're going to make apparently massive cuts that impact our children, impact the elderly, impact the sick, impact the poor and we're going to significantly increase the military budget at a time when we are spending more than the next 10 countries combined, yeah, I think those priorities are not the priorities of the American people.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders criticizes the proposed budget priorities that he believes do not reflect the needs of the American people.

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