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Betty McCollum: “The sequestration is going to take $220 million from IHS, and I think for many of us, we were quite surprised.”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2013
The sequestration is going to take $220 million from IHS, and I think for many of us, we were quite surprised.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota

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McCollum discusses the unexpected financial impact of sequestration on the Indian Health Service.

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