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On the recordApril 17, 2013
Well, based on some of the testimony, are you not concerned, all of you, that, in the short term, the savings from those furloughs are going to get added on in the long term because we're going to lose those skills and capabilities?
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen questions the long-term effects of furloughs on skills and maintenance.

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