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On the recordFebruary 5, 2018
We cannot do new starts, we cannot get into cyber protection, the very thing you hold dear, because we do not have the ability to do so under continuing resolutions, 9 out of the last 10 years.
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Martin Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Smith discusses the limitations of continuing resolutions on military and cyber operations.

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