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Hakeem Jeffries: “That will be the largest cut to the CDC in American history.”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's Morning Joe

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

In this appropriations process that we're in right now, Republicans are trying to enact a $1.7 billion cut to the Centers for Disease Control. That will be the largest cut to the CDC in American history. And at the same time, they want to enact a historic cut to the National Institutes of Health. (02:35–02:39)

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