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On the recordJanuary 14, 2014
I, right now, have a 17 percent vacancy rate in my office just to stay under the limits that I have been operating under in the last few years.
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Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of budget cuts on staffing in his office.

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