On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
I hope it can be avoided. I desperately hope it can be avoided and believe we should have made the tough decisions with regard to the explosion of entitlement spending.
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Wicker expresses hope to avoid sequestration and calls for tough budget decisions.
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