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On the recordApril 23, 2013
As we scale back, as I referenced on the sequester, it's about $200 million of lost revenue that we associate with just the cuts we've had to make from the sequester alone.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed discusses the financial impact of budget cuts due to the sequester.

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