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On the recordMarch 10, 2014
We did approximately 30 percent worse in terms of cocaine interdictions this past year because of the effects of cutbacks of sequestration.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

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Carter discusses the negative impact of budget cuts on drug interdiction efforts.

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