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On the recordSeptember 11, 2013
And hopefully the bipartisan budget negotiations that are going to start today are going to get us to a point where we can, again, avoid all the negative consequences that you have described here today.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney expresses hope for bipartisan negotiations to prevent negative outcomes.

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