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Jeanne Shaheen: “I wonder if you could define how long we have to solve this problem before it becomes long-term irreversible.”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
I wonder if you could define how long we have to solve this problem before it becomes long-term irreversible.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen questions the timeline for addressing the impacts of sequestration.

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