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Jared Huffman: I believe you said that continuing the sequester... would eliminate 600,000 jobs and reduce GDP by as much as half a…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
I believe you said that continuing the sequester... would eliminate 600,000 jobs and reduce GDP by as much as half a percent; is that correct?
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman questions the economic impact of continuing the sequester.

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