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Patty Murray: “Taking away public safety grants from cities like New York and Los Angeles--including critical law enforcement support…”

On the recordJune 5, 2017
Taking away public safety grants from cities like New York and Los Angeles--including critical law enforcement support and resources to prevent terrorism--will not make our cities safer. Quite the opposite.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray argues that cutting grants harms public safety in major cities.

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