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On the recordMarch 4, 2014
Mr. Chairman, if you keep cutting these budgets, we're going to be laying off the best workers in the world.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin emphasizes the risk of budget cuts on skilled workforce availability.

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