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On the recordApril 24, 2013
the President's sequestration idea, which was promoted by the Republican House leadership, the Democrat Senate leadership, and a majority of the Democrats in Congress and a majority of the Republicans in Congress, quite frankly, is, as the President said in his State of the Union, a bad idea.
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Mike Rogers
Republican · Alabama

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Criticism of the President's sequestration plan affecting national defense funding.

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