Funding for disaster and refugee aid would be cut by $156 million from the current levels.
Patrick Leahy: “Funding for disaster and refugee aid would be cut by $156 million from the current levels.”
On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
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Leahy stresses the urgency of maintaining aid for refugees and disaster relief.
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