Sequestration does not discriminate between absolutely vital programs, such as several of the ones we have been discussing today, and programs that are duplicative, outlived their usefulness or are ineffective, and just taking a meat-axe approach does not make sense.
Collins criticizes the indiscriminate nature of sequestration affecting vital programs.
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