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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
We don't want to be forced into a position where all of a sudden that, because of the annual appropriation process, you are going to have to lay off a couple thousand people or something like that.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Simpson expresses concern about potential layoffs due to funding issues.

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