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Hank Johnson: “Let's take it back to the year 2011 with the Ryan Budget Control Act, which imposed sequestration on the Federal…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2015
Let's take it back to the year 2011 with the Ryan Budget Control Act, which imposed sequestration on the Federal Government, cutting both defense and nondefense spending 10 percent across the board. We can't have it both ways. If we are not going to fund, we have to admit that that is the reason these projects are not getting done. Don't blame it on NEPA.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia
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Sep 24, 2015

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