What did Donald Trump claim about government spending on 28 Mar 2019?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
And I'm going to get in honor of my friends full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative ... which you have been trying to get for over 30 years.
Not a 30-year wait. Congress had already enacted the full $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in fiscal 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Congress had already enacted $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in fiscal years 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016, and $284 million in fiscal 2013 after sequestration (Office of Management and Budget, Great Lakes Restoration Crosscut report to Congress, December 2016).
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- 'Make America Great Again' campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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