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On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
The problem is these vacancies, and now we've got on top of that a hiring freeze that's going to make it, I think, doubly difficult to fill them.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly emphasizes the impact of hiring freezes on filling VA vacancies.

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