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Chris Coons: “Sequestration is having quite negative consequences all across the Federal Government.”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
Sequestration is having quite negative consequences all across the Federal Government.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons discusses the adverse effects of sequestration on federal operations.

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