On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
this is a self-inflicted situation and brought about by political gridlock. So it is going to take us sitting here, along with the President, to get out of this gridlock.
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Hirono attributes the crisis to political gridlock and calls for collaboration to resolve it.
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