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Matt Cartwright: “It also includes funding the Department of Justice, which…”

Name: MATT CARTWRIGHT
Uploaded: 2023-06-12T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Description: MATT CARTWRIGHT

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

I support that fully. It's there to inspire young people to go into STEM and come up with great innovations and scientific breakthroughs. But It also includes funding the Department of Justice, which includes the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Prisons. we have a federal prison up in Canaan in Wayne county that I've been very involved with helping them. (13:31–13:41)

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Asserts that the Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee funds the Department of Justice, FBI, and Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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