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Chris Coons: “I fear that continued, sustained, and indiscriminate cuts to discretionary Federal spending could push us to a point of…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
I fear that continued, sustained, and indiscriminate cuts to discretionary Federal spending could push us to a point of crisis.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons warns about the dangers of ongoing budget cuts to federal spending.

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