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Mark Warner: “I thank my colleague for his voice throughout this debate. He and I and a number of other colleagues realized early on…”

On the recordOctober 16, 2013
I thank my colleague for his voice throughout this debate. He and I and a number of other colleagues realized early on this self-inflicted crisis of putting our workforce in jeopardy was bad policy, bad politics, and bad for our country. I am very glad that the resolution it looks like we are approaching is going to make sure our Federal workforce gets back to work and to the job of helping America, and they are going to get compensated for it. But I would add that it is not going to make everybody whole.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia
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Oct 16, 2013

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