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Pat McHenry: “This Congress has acted to give the executive branch dramatic flexibility for implementing the sequester.”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
This Congress has acted to give the executive branch dramatic flexibility for implementing the sequester.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

McHenry discussed Congress's provision of budget flexibility to the executive branch amid the sequester.

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