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Roger Wicker: “What if every agency asked to be held harmless? We wouldn't be able to do anything about the budget deficit, would we?”

On the recordDecember 1, 2010
What if every agency asked to be held harmless? We wouldn't be able to do anything about the budget deficit, would we?
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Questions the feasibility of protecting all agencies from budget cuts.

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