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Gary Peters: “Everybody just basically stops work in order to gear up for a shutdown. That is unacceptable.”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
Everybody just basically stops work in order to gear up for a shutdown. That is unacceptable.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Peters criticizes the inefficiency caused by shutdown preparations.

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