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On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
As we are having a political talk about let's shrink the Federal Government by 5 percent or 10 percent in terms of workforce, strategic investments in certain parts of the Federal Government in terms of personnel can have huge return on those investments for the taxpayer.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly emphasizes the importance of strategic investments in government despite calls for workforce reductions.

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