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On the recordJune 6, 2017
We cannot have it both ways. We cannot on the one hand ask you to make people feel good about another priority that we want when we have not sufficiently resourced the priorities that we have already set.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

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Tillis emphasizes the need for adequate resources before adding new priorities.

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