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California U.S. Rep Barbara Lee: "83 Senators voted to pass a $858 BILLION defense budget this week. That's $2.3 billion a day. $97 million..."

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Barbara Lee tweeted the following:

"83 Senators voted to pass a $858 BILLION defense budget this week.
That's $2.3 billion a day.
$97 million an hour.
All being funneled to an agency that has never passed a SINGLE audit and can't account for over HALF its assets "
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Here are other recent tweets from Barbara Lee:

"I am (once again) calling on Congress to reduce wasteful defense spending and prioritize people over the Pentagon lee.house.gov/news/press-rel"
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"In my two decades in Congress, weve seen incredible progress towards our goal of an AIDS free generation.
But lets be clear: this progress would not have been possible without @TheBlackCaucus and the sacrifice of countless Black HIV/AIDS activists. medium.com/@RepBarbaraLee" on Dec. 16
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"This week, the House passed our bill to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney, architect of Dred Scott, & to replace it with a bust of Thurgood Marshall.
Memorials that glorify the horrors of racism have no place in this countryespecially in the halls of our Capitol." on Dec. 15
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