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Dan McKee: “We send our money to Washington and then we expect that it's…”

Featuring: Dan McKee, Democratic | Governor of Rhode Island

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Democratic Governors Association discuss Trump budget

Published | Video Starts at 01:10

… budget and the budget that was passed by the Republicans in Washington is no more than a bait and switch. It is basically taking the responsibility, using our money because We send our money to Washington and then we expect that it's returned to us in ways to help our states. And yet all it's done is move responsibility from the federal government onto the states. And as mentioned, we're not going to be able to absorb the significant reduction in funding that's coming our way. (01:10–01:23)

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Asserts that states expect federal funds to be returned to them to help their states.

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