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Mazie Hirono: “The mindless cuts to defense and non-defense programs brought by sequestration were meant to be so bad that Congress…”

On the recordJune 5, 2017
The mindless cuts to defense and non-defense programs brought by sequestration were meant to be so bad that Congress would move forward or would be forced to find an alternative way forward.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Hirono criticizes sequestration's impact on defense funding and urges Congress to find alternatives.

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