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On the recordJune 24, 2014
I believe that the sequester cuts of last year, we have never seen that before where they actually sent controllers home to meet the mandated cuts.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
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Nelson discusses the unprecedented impact of sequester cuts on air traffic controllers.

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