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Patrick Leahy: “Having requested all this money, billions of dollars for coalition partners, we have only $2 billion for first…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2003
Having requested all this money, billions of dollars for coalition partners, we have only $2 billion for first responders here.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Mar 27, 2003

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Senator Leahy highlights the disparity in funding for first responders.

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