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On the recordApril 17, 2013
I am hoping for all of you, on the implementation of the sequester, that we move away from what I would call the insidious implementation of the sequester, meant to harm the Nation to make a political point, to blame the Congress, on the eve of a potential conflict with Korea.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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Senator Kirk criticizes the harmful effects of the sequester on national security.

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