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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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Scott DesJarlais
Republican · Tennessee
Source
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Editor's note · Context

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

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