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On the recordApril 16, 2012
It appears as though and I would like to--perhaps you can do this in additional testimony written without getting into too much detail here, which you have already done, how you have modified the plans based because of the reduction in budget to accomplish the necessity, the necessary goals, the necessary activities, and we as a committee need to recognize that this was, this whole scenario has been put in place by the effort to reduce Government expenditures in most every category to meet the Budget Control Act of last summer.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi discusses budget reductions affecting nuclear facility plans and government expenditures.

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