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Joaquin Castro: “We know, of course, Congressman, that the sequester was taking a meat cleaver rather than trying to do real smart cuts…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
We know, of course, Congressman, that the sequester was taking a meat cleaver rather than trying to do real smart cuts, so I agree with you on that. With respect to the work of the Army Corps of Engineers, the important work that they do, it is often felt in San Antonio and in Texas, of course, during everything that happened with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and all of the important work they had done around that. So you're right. I think that Americans expect that they will be in homes that are not going to flood and that there is going to be infrastructure in place to make sure that water doesn't come up and run them out of their homes and ruin their homes and their properties.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas
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Jul 16, 2013

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