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Mazie Hirono: It's pretty hard to enable our people to do the jobs that they signed up for if we continue to rely on short-term CRs…

On the recordFebruary 7, 2017
It's pretty hard to enable our people to do the jobs that they signed up for if we continue to rely on short-term CRs and we do not get rid of sequester, because those all impact readiness and modernization, all of those connected areas.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono emphasizes the negative impact of short-term funding on military readiness.

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