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On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
the point that has been made very, very powerfully by the chairman and myself is that sequestration has to be eliminated
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the need to eliminate sequestration for military readiness.

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