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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
I didn't think that we ought to be putting this burden disproportionately on the Department of Defense as we were.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee expresses concern over the disproportionate burden of sequestration on defense.

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