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Martin Heinrich: If they do shut down, even if the rest of the country doesn't slip into a recession, every day that those labs are…

On the recordOctober 10, 2013
If they do shut down, even if the rest of the country doesn't slip into a recession, every day that those labs are closed we get closer to recession in the State of New Mexico.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

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Heinrich warns about the economic impact of lab shutdowns in New Mexico due to the federal shutdown.

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