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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 01:50 AM Feb 2020

White House seeks $2.5B for coronavirus, but Pelosi says that's not enough [View all]

Source: NBC News

Pelosi, D-California, said in a statement that the administration's request is “is long overdue and completely inadequate to the scale of this emergency.”

She also accused the Trump administration of leaving vacant critical positions at the National Security Council and Department of Homeland Security.

"And now, the president is compounding our vulnerabilities by seeking to ransack funds still needed to keep Ebola in check," Pelosi said.
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"The president should not be raiding money that Congress has appropriated for other life-or-death public health priorities," she said, suggesting that the House would move forward with its own plan.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/white-house-seeks-2-5b-coronavirus-pelosi-says-s-not-n1142276



Slam that Dotard, Speaker Pelosi (the should-be-POTUS).

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