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On the recordOctober 15, 2013
Now, the reason the government was shut down was not because they had a problem with the parks. It wasn't anything else that they were worried about.
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Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire

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She attributed the shutdown to opposition against the Affordable Care Act.

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I think that speaks to the value and the importance that we put on them, not that we value any of our civilians less, but just that their work is so time-sensitive.

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