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Tom Cotton: “These increasingly aggressive activities by our adversaries is no coincidence as they observe our fiscal struggles, and…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2015
These increasingly aggressive activities by our adversaries is no coincidence as they observe our fiscal struggles, and therefore Congress must act to repeal the damaging effects of the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 funding caps and sequestration.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton emphasizes the need to repeal funding caps due to adversaries' aggressive actions.

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