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Chris Van Hollen: “I dare say that Republicans and Democrats alike agree that the sequester is not the best way to achieve that deficit…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
I dare say that Republicans and Democrats alike agree that the sequester is not the best way to achieve that deficit reduction.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Van Hollen criticizes the sequester as an ineffective method for deficit reduction.

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