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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordApril 17, 2013
You've all spoken very eloquently to the potential impact of sequestration.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
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Shaheen acknowledges the serious effects of sequestration on military readiness.

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