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Mazie Hirono: Do not sequester again. I have to join the chair and the ranking member to say that the sequestration was inherently…

On the recordMarch 10, 2015
Do not sequester again. I have to join the chair and the ranking member to say that the sequestration was inherently deleterious to everything we were doing.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono criticizes sequestration's negative impact on military operations.

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