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On the recordFebruary 6, 2013
I heard you in the media yesterday making a very forceful statement about how irresponsible it would be not to fix this before it goes into effect.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Referring to Secretary Panetta's strong stance on addressing sequestration.

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