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Jared Huffman: “Shutting down the Government has serious consequences and, like I mentioned at the beginning of my remarks, I cannot…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2013
Shutting down the Government has serious consequences and, like I mentioned at the beginning of my remarks, I cannot believe we are holding this hearing today.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman criticizes the government shutdown and its impact on operations.

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