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Chris Van Hollen: “I agree with the chairman of the Armed Services Committee; we should act like adults. We agree that the sequester cuts…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2012
I agree with the chairman of the Armed Services Committee; we should act like adults. We agree that the sequester cuts are done in a stupid, meat-ax way. We also agree with what the chairman of the Armed Services Committee said last October when, if it came to choosing between allowing all of the terrible consequences that he rightly spoke about and taking a balanced approach to deficit reduction which included some additional revenue, he would accept the balanced approach. Mr. McKEON. Will the gentleman yield?
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Sep 13, 2012

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