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Adam Smith: “If you are going to meet the ridiculous number that was set yesterday by the House, you would have to cut everything…”

On the recordApril 26, 2023
If you are going to meet the ridiculous number that was set yesterday by the House, you would have to cut everything else by roughly 50 percent.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Critiquing unrealistic budget cuts proposed by the House.

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