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On the recordApril 15, 2013
For the record, I mean since 1985 when sequestration was first enacted after Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, Congress never let it go this far.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney highlights the unprecedented extent of sequestration since its inception.

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