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On the recordMay 8, 2012
Sequestration, you can't just say it is not necessary. I mean, it is a law. The President signed it. Surely he remembers that.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess emphasizes that sequestration is a legally binding law.

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