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Rosa DeLauro: “Sequestration is terrible policy for any budget. It is especially cruel where there are literally lives at stake.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
Sequestration is terrible policy for any budget. It is especially cruel where there are literally lives at stake.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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DeLauro criticizes sequestration's impact on NIH funding and its consequences for health.

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