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On the recordApril 24, 2012
The 2013 sequester is a $109 billion across-the-board, inflexible, and arbitrary cut in spending that will occur under current law on January 2, 2013.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan describes the sequester as significant and arbitrary cuts to spending.

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