Scott DesJarlais said "Sequestration needs to happen. Bottom line, it needs to happen, and that is the deal we struck to raise the debt limit." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013

Sequestration needs to happen. Bottom line, it needs to happen, and that is the deal we struck to raise the debt limit.

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DesJarlais insists on the necessity of sequestration as part of the debt limit agreement.

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